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TITLE:
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The Flower Seller
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PERIOD:
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20th century
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CATEGORY:
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Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)
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MATERIALS:
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Coloured chalks.
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MARKINGS:
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Squared in pencil and numbered sequentially along the top and left edges of the sheet.
Signed Zandomeneghi in pencil at the lower left.
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SIZE:
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h: 66.4 x w: 54.7 cm / h: 26.1 x w: 21.5 in
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REGION:
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Italian
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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Praised by Suzanne Valadon as a ‘dessinateur exceptionelle’, Zandomeneghi adopted the medium of pastel, applied with an oil-like richness, as his preferred technique in the 1890’s. His favourite subject matter in these works, as in his paintings, were single figures of women and children, often engaged in some sort of everyday activity.
This large drawing, whose signature was until recently obscured by its old mount, is a splendid example of Zandomeneghi’s skill as a pastellist. It may be related to a painting of a Crysanthemum Vendor, of identical dimensions, in a private Italian collection. The painting, which has been dated to the 1880’s or 1890’s, once belonged to the Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso and remains in the possession of his descendants. It differs from the present sheet primarily in the substitution of the figure in the left background with a window showing a landscape beyond.
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PROVENANCE:
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Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 19 February 1921, lot 101; Mme. Netter, Paris.
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LITERATURE:
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Enrico Piceni, Zandomeneghi, Busto Arsizio, 1991, no.705.
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