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223 FRANS MASEREEL.
Capitalist riding on the back of a worker.
India ink on paper. 278x220 mm; 11x8
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inches; signed with initials, lower right.
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inch
vertical tear lower left. Not examined out of frame.
[2,000/3,000]
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BENI MONTRESOR.
“Cat, Homage to Picasso.”
Black paper collage created for a later production of the ballet “Omaggio a Picasso” first
performed at La Scala. 368x521 mm; 14
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x20
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inches, sheet,mounted to thick drawing paper;
in lower right corner, above his signature and “New York 1986” is “Paulo Bortoluzzi /
Omaggio a Picasso.Violenza” (as inscription to the work’s director, Paulo Bortoluzzi); with
an undated, unsigned autograph letter by Montresor to Bortoluzzi discussing his work (though
not this particular piece). NewYork, 1986
[2,000/3,000]
Likely a set or costume design for a new version of the ballet that the two had worked on earlier
at La Scala, with music by Ragnar Grippe, design by Montresor, and choreography by Bortoluzzi.
Montresor’s design, playing on Picasso’s geometric cubism, won the Massine award for costume.
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