Modern Painting by P. Annigoni Self-Portrait Mixed Technique 1968 - Self-Portrait London 1968

Features

Artist:  Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988)

Artwork title:  Autoritratto

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Portrait/Face

Technical specification:  Mixed Technique

Description : Autoritratto

Mixed media on paper, applied to the table. Signed lower right. On the left the location ("London South Edwardes Square") and the date. On the back there are stamps from the Cortina Art Gallery in Milan. At this Gallery Annigoni exhibited in 1968, in an exhibition that was very successful. Reborn portraitist, defined as "the painter of queens", for the portraits of royalty and other important figures on the international political scene, Pietro Annigoni also portrayed ordinary people, of whom he tried to transpose into the work not only the external appearance but also the interiority. The theme of the self-portrait was a cornerstone of his career for Annigoni, an excellent exercise in technique in the representation of the face but also an introspective psychological research. He created several self-portraits in different periods, very different from each other, to express the different look that the artist had on himself. In the one proposed here, Annigoni depicts himself in the shadow, with poorly defined facial features, but in front of the easel, with his arm becoming one with the canvas he is painting; his figure is inscribed in an oval painted like a marble frame resting on a shelf, almost as if it were a commemorative altar. The work is presented in a frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, has small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 85
Width: 68
Depth: 4

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 57
Width: 39