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FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (B. 1971)
Lot 54PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTION

FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (B. 1971)

Anna Magnani Loved Mario Praz

Closed11 April 2019

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GBP 15,000

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FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (B. 1971)
Anna Magnani Loved Mario Praz
black and white laserprint and metallic thread embroidery on canvas
image: 11 x 14 1/8in. (28 x 36cm.)
sheet: 12 ½ x 18 7/8in. (31.7 x 48cm.)
Executed in 2002

Galleria Marconi, Milan.
The Tettamanti Collection, Lugano.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 9 February 2007, lot 266.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘For me, faces of glamour are beautiful, but they are not entirely true. They show only the gilded side of life. But life has a painful side. By adding the tears, I am adding my signature of truth’

-Francesco Vezzoli

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