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Apocalypse, about 1961

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Description
tempera and oil on paper
W. 69,8 - H. 49,3 Cm
forged signature at center left
labels on the reverse from:

Celebratory Exhibition of Sironi, Brescia, Associazione Artisti Bresciani, January – February 1963

Eight Italian Artists Exhibition, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, May 8 – June 14, 1964

IX National Quadriennale of Art, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, November 20, 1965 – March 31, 1966

Mario Sironi. The Myth of Architecture, Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, September 19 – November 4, 1990

XXXI International Art Biennale, Retrospective of Mario Sironi, Venice, June 16 – October 7, 1962

First Posthumous Exhibition of Sironi, Galleria d’Arte La Bussola, Turin, February 1962
Origin
Private collection, Milan
Authentication
Work registered with the Association for the Patronage and Promotion of the Figure and Work of Mario Sironi, Milan, under no. 40/21 RA on March 30, 2021
Bibliography
Marco Valsecchi, Mario Sironi, Edizioni Editalia, Rome, 1962, p. 128, ill. 72

Sironi, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Galleria d’Arte La Bussola, 1962, no. 42

Eight Italian Artists, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, 1964

Mario Sironi. The Myth of Architecture, exhibition catalogue, Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, 1990

Mario Sironi 1885–1961, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 1994

Sironi, The 1940s and 1950s. From the Collapse of Ideology to the Years of the Apocalypse, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, 2008, pp. 222–223

Mario Sironi 1885–1961, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, 2015, pp. 272–273
Exhibitions
Sironi, Galleria d’Arte La Bussola, Turin, February 1962

XXXI International Art Biennale, Retrospective of Mario Sironi, Venice, June 16 – October 7, 1962

Celebratory Exhibition of Sironi, Brescia, Associazione Artisti Bresciani, January – February 1963

Eight Italian Artists, exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, May 8 – June 14, 1964

IX National Quadriennale of Art, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, November 20, 1965 – March 31, 1966

Mario Sironi. The Myth of Architecture, exhibition catalogue, Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, September 19 – November 4, 1990

Mario Sironi 1885–1961, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, December 9, 1993 – February 27, 1994

Sironi, The 1940s and 1950s. From the Collapse of Ideology to the Years of the Apocalypse, Milan, Fondazione Stelline, February 29 – May 25, 2008

Mario Sironi 1885–1961, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, October 4, 2014 – February 8, 2015
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