Le conchiglie [The Shells (in Petrucci's Study)]

1939

Luigi Bartolini

Associated Names
Luigi Bartolini

Artist, Italian, 1892 - 1963

There is a large basket-like bowl containing seashells and a spherical object. The color palette is monochromatic, consisting of shades of gray and black. The objects are centrally positioned within the image, with the bowl in the lower half and the shells and sphere clustered inside. The background has a crosshatched texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.2 × 21.2 cm (7 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 42.6 cm (13 15/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.76.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: L Bartolini / 1939 / nello studio di Petrucci; lower right in graphite: Luigi Bartolini; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: [not deciphered] esemplare 2/6

Markings

Bartolini's studio stamp

Wikidata ID

Q77259371

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