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FORTUNATO DEPERO(1892-1960)Battaglia di automi (Studio per 'Ingranaggi di Guerra')
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FORTUNATO DEPERO (1892-1960)
signed 'F. Depero' (lower left)
black pencil on paper
39 x 54.5cm (15 3/8 x 21 7/16in).
Executed circa 1923
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Archivio Unico per il Catalogo Delle Opere Futuriste di Fortunato Depero, Rovereto. This work will be included in the forthcoming Fortunato Depero catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by Maurizio Scudiero.
Provenance
Galleria Gissi, Turin, no. 15721.
Private collection, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
The present work is a study for Fortunato Depero's 1923-1926 painting, Ingranaggi di Guerra ('Inglorious warfare'), which depicts a sweeping mountain battle during World War I. Depero made a series of preparatory sketches in developing the vignettes of that composition. These enigmatic drawings possess their own vitality, as Depero closely defines his animatronic-style figures, weapons and explosions with thick lines and sumptuous shading. The present work thereby elucidates Depero's quintessential Futurist formula with his trademark gravitas and finesse.
