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Lot 7: Emilio Pettoruti (Argentinian 1892-1971)

Est: $300,000 USD - $500,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USMay 22, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Emilio Pettoruti (Argentinian 1892-1971)
Concierto
signed and dated 'Pettoruti 1941' (lower center) signed and dated again and titled 'CONCIERTO, Pettoruti- 1941' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45¾ x 35 1/8 in. (116.2 x 89.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

San Francisco, San Francisco Museum, 1942.
Buenos Aires, Salón Peuser, Pettoruti, 23 August- 11 September 1948, no. 39.
Avellaneda, Argentina, Asociación Gente de Arte, 1949, no. 13.

Literature

Quarterly Bulletin, Volume III, No. 2, San Francisco, San Francisco Museum, 1944, p. 42 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Pettoruti, Buenos Aires, Salón Peuser, 1948, no. 39 (illustrated).
C. Córdova Iturburu, Pettoruti, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1981, p. 63 (illustrated).
J. Romero Brest and A. Osvaldo Nessi, Emilio Pettoruti: Un Clásico en la Vanguardia, Estudio de Arte S.A., Buenos Aires, 1987, p. 165, no. 336 (illustrated).
R. Squirru, J. Lassaigne et al., Pettoruti, Fundación Pettoruti, Buenos Aires, 1995, no. 335 (illustrated).

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist.
By descent to the present owner.

Notes

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIO PAYRÓ AND FAMILY

Emilio Pettoruti (Argentinian 1892-1971)
Concierto
signed and dated 'Pettoruti 1941' (lower center) signed and dated again and titled 'CONCIERTO, Pettoruti- 1941' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
45¾ x 35 1/8 in. (116.2 x 89.2 cm.)
Painted in 1941.

Auction Details

Latin American Sale

by
Christie's
May 22, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US