ARTWORK:  THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PASTEL PAINTING ON SANDPAPER EXECUTED BY RENOWNED ITALIAN ARTIST, MOSE BIANCHI.  THIS PAINTING IS HAND SIGNED IN THE LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT WITH THE ARTIST'S MONOGRAM "MB".  THERE IS A BIOGRAPHY OF THIS ARTIST FROM WIKIPEDIA IN THE LOWER SECTION OF THIS LISTING. 

CONDITION:  THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ARTWORK ARE 11 X 9 INCHES NOT INCLUDING THE FRAME.  THE ARTWORK FRAMED MEASURES 16 X 18 1/2 INCHES.  THE FRAME IS A VERY NICE ARCHIVAL WOOD AND GOLD LEAF FRAME.  THE PAINTING IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.     

PROVENANCE:  THIS FINE ARTWORK CAME FROM THE BERNASCONI COLLECTION WHICH WAS AUCTIONED BY CHRISTIES IN 1987.  THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF THIS ARTIST'S WORKS TO EVER BE AUCTIONED.  THIS ARTWORK IS REFERENCED IN THE PUBLICATION, "MOSE BIANCHI OCTOBER15-NOVEMBER15, 1987, BORGHI & CO. PAINTINGS WORKS ON PAPER 1869-1895", PAGE 29, PLATE #35, FORWARD ESSAYS BY ROBERTO CAPITANI, ERIC MANASSE AND MARIA VITTIORIA PREDAVAL.

THIS FINE ART PAINTING IS AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL BENEFIT GENERATIONS TO COME.  MANY WORKS BY MOSE BIANCHI ARE IN MUSEUMS WORLDWIDE.  MOREOVER, THE STRENGTH OF THIS ARTIST'S CONTINUED ART SALES AT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AUCTION HOUSES SUCH AS CHRISTIE'S AND SOTHEBY'S WILL ADD TO THE FUTURE VALUE OF THIS PAINTING.  PAINTINGS BY MOSE BIANCHI HAVE RECOGNIZED SALE PRICES AS HIGH AS $200,000 AT CHRISTIE'S IN JUNE, 2001.   

TERMS:  A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY HAND SIGNED BY LAURENT ASHTON ON ARCHIVAL LAID PAPER WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THIS SALE.

 

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. 

REGARDS,

LAURENT ASHTON