Gino Severini (1883-1966)

L'église de Civray

Details

Gino Severini (1883-1966)
L'église de Civray
signed, dated and inscribed 'G.Severini 1917. à M^r. Decli[de] affectueux souvenir' (lower right)
oil on board
10¾ x 7 7/8 in. (27.4 x 20.1 cm.)
Painted in 1917

Provenance

M. Declide, Civray, a gift from the artist.
Yvonne Geraud, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

D. Fonti, Gino Severini, Catalogo ragionato, Milan, 1988, no. 296 (illustrated p. 264; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on canvas').

Exhibited

Civray, Association 'Les amis du pays civraysien', Oeuvres realisées à Civray par Gino Severini, September 1983, no. 39.

Lot Essay

L'église de Civray is related to the larger oil Paysage, Civray, 1917 (Fonti no. 295; Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan).
L'église de Civray was painted after the early death of Declide, when Severini paid a visit to the mourning family in the summer of 1917, bringing his new wife and daughter to meet them. A gift from the artist to his late friend's father, it has remained with their family to this day.

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