Franco Gentilini

(Faenza, 1909 - Roma, 1981)

oil on sandblasted and canvassed cardboard, signed lower right, within frame. Authentication by Luciana Gentilini on photograph. The painting served as a sketch for the etching - aquatint produced in some copies in 1979 Publications: G. Appella, Gentilini. General catalog of paintings 1923 - 1981, De Luca Editori, Rome, 2007, pag. 679, n. 1584 Provenance: Private collection, Rome; Pontevecchio Gallery Collection, Florence