| ALBERTO MANFREDI (Reggio Emilia 1930 - 2001) THE VELVET ARMCHAIR Black chalk and watercolor, 1984; monogrammed and dated in red watercolor 'AM / 84', signed in pencil 'A. Manfredi', 376 x 285 mm. PROVENANCE: Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia; see 'Incisioni originali italiane e straniere dell’800 e moderne. Acquerelli e disegni', Reggio Emilia, Libreria Prandi, catalogue 192 (1985), n. 424, tav. 184. Alberto Manfredi, after graduating at the University of Bologna was, for many years, professor of etching at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence. He was one of the most respected and refined painters and print-makers in Italy. His subjects include portraits, landscapes, animals and female figures and a number of catalogues have been published by leading galleries in which he exhibited, in Italy and France. Many of his prints were not made as commercial editions, but were for his own joy in the art and printed in editions of 10 to 15 impressions. |
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