Lot 44: MINO DELLE SITE (1914-1996) a) Aeroporto signed, inscribed and

MINO DELLE SITE (1914-1996) a) Aeroporto signed, inscribed and dated ‘DELLE SITE. D 32’ (lower centre), inscribed ‘AEROPORTO’ (lower right) and numbered ‘2’ (upper right) watercolour on paper 9 x 11.4cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2in) Executed in 1932 b) Idroscalo signed and dated ‘DELLE SITE 32’ (lower left), inscribed ‘IDROSCALO’ (lower right) and numbered ‘8’ (upper right) watercolour on paper laid down on black card 8.9 x 11.5cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2in) Executed in 1932

Provenance The artist’s studio. Private collection, Rome (by descent from the above). Exhibited Lecce, Sala del Circolo Cittadino, Mostra Personale di Pittura Futurista Mino Delle Site, February 1933. Rome, Associazione Culturale Athenaeum N.A.E., Retrospettiva di Mino Delle Site, 1997. Bari, Castello Svevo, Verso le avanguardie, gli anni del Futurismo in Puglia 1909-1944, 20 June-30 August 1998 (later travelled to Taranto & Lecce). Warsaw, Wloski Instytut Kultury, Mino Delle Site, alle radici dell’Aeropittura 1931-1934, June-September 2001, no. 18 (Aeroporto) & no. 24 (Idroscalo), (later travelled to Krakow). Lecce, Museo Provinciale, Mino Delle Site, 19 October-16 November 2006 (later travelled to Rome). Rome, Farnesina, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Mino Delle Site, Futurismo fra Arte e Tecnologia nel Centenario, 20 October-10 November 2009. Literature C. L. Delle Site, Mino Delle Site, Centenario, e-book, 2014 (Aeroporto & Idroscalo illustrated).

The authenticity of these works has kindly been confirmed by the Archivio Mino Delle Site. These works will be included in the forthcoming Mino Delle Site catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.