(Milan 1859 - 1937)
NAKED WOMAN LYING ON HER BACK
Etching, Mezzetti 33. Fine impression, dedicated and signed in pen at the bottom right
Al bravo pittore Fontana Daniele in segno di stima / 4 aprile 1926 Bazzaro Ernesto
A light Bazzaro E., signature is visible in the center of the composition, a sign of an earlier state of the etching, an example of which is preserved at the Panizzi Library, Raccolta Davoli, in Reggio Emilia (inv. 32826).
To the platemark 212 x 392 mm.
A sculptor who also practiced printmaking, Ernesto Bazzaro, the brother of the painter Leonardo, studied at the Brera Academy under Ambrogio Borghi, but was deeply influenced by the anti-academic spirit of the sculptor Giuseppe Grandi and the painters Daniele Ranzoni and Tranquillo Cremona. Ernesto Bazzaro produced many impressive monuments, created figural decorations for Milanese building facades and also produced a number of small bronzes in commercial editions. In the etching technique Ernesto Bazzaro has been influenced by the works of Giuseppe Grandi and Luigi Conconi, the leading exponents of the acquaforte monotipata in Lombardy.
