FRANCO GENTILINI
(Faenza 1909 - Roma 1981)
Ragazza con ventaglio N.1
oil and sand on canvas, cm 60x70
signed on the left
on the reverse three labels, and one stamp of Christie's
executed in 1958
In 1958, he took part in the IX Premio del Fiorino in Florence and in the 'Maggio di Bari', where he won the Golden Ramoscello prize. He has a room at the XXIX Venice Biennale, where he won the "Richard-Ginori Ceramic Society" Prize in Milan. Staff at the Galleria del Naviglio. Illustrates with six drawings The Argentine ant by Italo Calvino, published by the Sodalizio del Libro, Venice. For the Editions of Cavallino, Venice, the monograph is published with a text by Guido Ballo.