Fortunato Depero

(1892 - 1960)

inlay of colored fabrics

58 x 58 cm

Signed in embroidery lower left: Fortunato Depero.
The subject, taken up several times by Depero also in other smaller tapestries, can be traced back to a well-known inlay from 1922, formerly in the Gualino collection in Turin, entitled La Pitonessa, where the snake charmer appears. The same snake is taken up again in an oil from 1936.
Work archived in the "Stoffe" section of the General Catalogue Raisonné of the Futurist Works of Fortunato Depero, with the archive number: FD - 0255 - STO. Thanks to Prof. Maurizio Scudiero for confirming its authenticity.
On the back labels of origin: "Galleria Giulia Arte Contemporanea", "Galleria Il Segno". Galleria il Segno stamp.
Exhibitions and bibliography:
"Fortunato Depero. Art at Play", edited by M. Sciduiero, with text by E. Crispolti and C. Salaris; Galleria Giulia, Rome 25 March - 8 May 1993, catalogue no. 18, page 28.
M. Scudiero, "Futurist Fabrics", Manfrini - UCT Editori, Trento, 1995: n. 163 on page 161.