2020 EXHIBITORS

GALLERIES/Bottegantica

Giovanni Boldini

1842 - 1931

Emilia Cardona

1927

Pencil, charcoal and blue chalk on paper

300 × 205 mm. (11 ⅔ × 8 ⅛ in.)

Signed and dated lower left: "Boldini 1927"

PROVENANCE:

Atelier Boldini, Paris; Emilia Boldini Cardona, Pistoia; Emilia Boldini heirs Cardona, Bergamo; private collection, Milan

LITERATURE:

Boldini, edited by E. Camesasca e A. Borgogelli, exhibition catalog, Milan 1989, pp. 256, 323, n. 74 / D; Giovanni Boldini. Masterpieces and unpublished works from the artist’s atelier, curated by S. Bosi and E. Savoia, exhibition catalog, Milan 2011, pp. 52-53, n. 17; Boldini. The show of modernity, edited by F. Mazzocca and F. Dini, catalog of the exhibition, Cinisello Balsamo 2015, n. 33, pp. 124, 315; Giovanni Boldini, edited by S. Gaddi and T. Panconi, catalog of the exhibition, Milan 2017, pp. 221, 259, n. 117; Giovanni Boldini. Drawings, studies, engravings, edited by M. Carrera, Rome 2018, n. 28, pp. 79, 94-95.

EXHIBITION HISTORY:

1989, Milan, Palazzo della Permanent, Boldini, n. 74 / D; 2011, Milan, Galleria Bottegantica, Giovanni Boldini masterpieces and unpublished works from the Atelier by the artist, no. 27; 2015, Forlì, Museums of San Domenico, Boldini. The show of the modernity, n. 33; 2017, Venaria Reale (Turin), Royal Palace of Venaria – Sale of the Arts, Giovanni Boldini, n. 117