Impressionismus & Moderne Lot 3201 – 3317 Freitag, 23. Juni 2023, 16.30 Uhr

3305 MARIO SIRONI (Sassari/Sardinia 1885–1961 Milan) Un treno carico di regali di nozze, inviati da Verdun dall'imperatore Guglielmo a suo figlio Gioacchino, sposatosi in questi giorni a Berlino. 1916. Tempera, chalk and collage on paper on canvas. Signed lower centre: SIRONI. 65.7 × 48.7 cm. The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the Associazione Mario Sironi, Milan, 26.12.2022. The work is registered in the archives under no. 155/22 RA. Provenance: Swiss private collection. Literature: - Fabio Benzi and Andrea Sironi: Sironi illus- tratore. Catalogo ragionato, Rome 1988, p. 36/37, no. 93 (with ill. of the printed version). - De Luca (ed.): Archivi del futirismo: racolti e ordinati da Maria Drudi Gambillo e Teresa Fiori, Rome 1962, vol. II, p. 384 (with ill.). - "Gli Avvenimenti", anno II, no. 13, 19.–26.3.1916, p. 15. From 1916 onwards, the magazine Avveni- menti regularly published war illustrations by Sironi. Here is the original drawing of one such illustration. CHF 25 000 / 45 000 (€ 25 510 / 45 710) | 120 Impressionist & Modern Art