Renato Guttuso * (Bagheria/Palermo 1912-1987 ... Lot n° 24

(Bagheria/Palermo 1912–1987 Rome) Girasole nero, 1971, signed; signed and dated on the reverse, oil on canvas, 58 x 70 cm, framed Provenance: Toninelli Arte Moderna, Milan-Rome (stamp on the reverse) Giorgio Soavi Collection, Milan Private Collection, Turin European Private Collection Exhibited: XIII Biennale d’Arte Figurativa Città di Imola, Imola, 30 September – 30 October 1972 (label on the reverse) Milan, Guttuso 1972: Le visite e altri dipinti, Toninelli Arte Moderna, May – June 1972, exh. cat. with ill. San Vincent, Guttuso, Grand Hotel Billia, 6 – 29 July 1973, exh. cat. no. 18 with ill. Turin, Guttuso, Galleria La Colomba, May 1977, exh. cat. with ill. Literature: “Il tratto in Arte”, no. 4 June 1971 with ill. L. Lang, Renato Guttuso, Welt der Kunst, Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, Berlin 1975, no. 23 with ill. E Crispolti (ed.), Catalogo Ragionato Generale dei dipinti di Renato Guttuso, vol. 3, Giorgio Mondadori & Associati Editor, Milan 1985, p. 150, no. 71/29 with ill.