Ottone Rosai ^©  

(Firenze, 1895 - Ivrea, 1957)

Signature bottom right. On the reverse: label Galleria Russo, Rome, Exhibition «Homage to Rosai/ Rome, 15-30 May 1957»; in black crayon «2»; label and four superimposed GlobArte stamps, typewritten «n. 39 / Painter: Ottone Rosai [all caps] / “Meeting in the tavern” / Exhibition of Contemporary Masters 5-18 March 1971 / cm. 70x100. - additional GlobArte stamp and unidentified superimposed signature"; in pencil «52 – [...]»; linear stamp «[...] perhaps GS Galleria Santacroce] / Padua»; in marker «4390 / Registered / unidentified signature / 10/11/71»; in pencil «34549» (underlined; internal archive number Farsettiarte, Prato); cartouche bearing in red ink «34549» [underlined; n. of internal archive Farsettiarte, Prato]; in ink «[…]»; small round scroll bearing "260/2" in pencil; Exhibition label «My painter friends / Romano Bilenchi and contemporary art / Colle di Val d'Elsa / San Pietro Museum / 27 November 1999 – 9 January 2000». Provenance: Russo Gallery, Rome; private collection, Rome; Farsettiarte, Prato.

Exhibitions: 1957, Homage to Rosai, 15 - 30 May, Galleria Russo, Rome; 1974, Ottone Rosai, texts by C. Marsan and P.C. Santini, 4 - 31 August, Castello Malaspina, Massa, (represented in cat. p. 37, table 4); 1976, Homage to Ottone Rosai, texts by A. Gatto and P.C. Santini, from 28 February, Galleria Santacroce, Florence, repr. in cat. p. 21, no. 11); 1976, Anthological exhibition by Ottone Rosai, texts by P.C. Santini, F. Bellonzi, A. Gatto, “Pan Art” Art and Culture Center, Rome, repr. in cat. p. 15, tab. n. 5, p. 47, no. 5; 1999 - 2000, My painter friends. Romano Bilenchi and contemporary art, edited by M. Ciccuto and L. Lenzini, 27 November  - 9 January, Museum of San Pietro, Colle di Val d'Elsa, (rep. in cat. p. 72).

Bibliography: 1976, The Rose Bushes of the Santacroce Gallery, texts by A. Gatto and P.C. Santini, p. 13, no. 5 (wrongly dated), p. 45, no. 5

Authentication by Luigi Cavallo on photo; Farsetti Arte certificate on photo.