Carlo Carrà

Galleria Barboaroux, Milano
Collezione G. Scheiwiller, Milano
Collezione Marmont, Milano
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario

Sergio Solmi, Carrà alla Galleria Barbaroux, in 'Le Arti', Roma, n. 4, 1941
Massimo Carrà, Carrà. Tutta l'opera pittorica, volume II 1931-1950, Milano 1968, p. 343, n. 4-40, illustrato a colori

This work is in generally good overall condition. There are 2 threadlike and stable craquelures areas over the cathedral and to the center of the left edge. There are light traces of wearing by the lower corners with tiny losses. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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"L'arte di Carrà non appartiene assolutamente all'arte dell'espressione. La forma è cosi chiusa che non si può aggiungerle più nulla. Essa eterna le cose della natura mediante la determinazione formale, che si compie al di fuori del sentimento. Per questo regna nei quadri di Carrà un così grande senso di pace."
Werner Haftmann, 1955

“The art of Carrà  is not an art of expression. Its art form is so well enclosed that nothing else can be added to it. Natural shapes become eternal through his determined way of painting that give no room to sentimental factors. This explains why Carrà's paintings are characterized by an intense sense of peacefulness”

Werner Haftmann, 1955