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Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt
A Sale of Gentilini's Oil - Autograph Receipt by Countess Pecci Blunt - 1953
1953

About the Item

This is a private writing between the Countess and mentor, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt and the artist Franco Gentilini, after a sale of his artwork at the Rive Gauche Galery, Paris. A Sale of Gentilini's oil is a autograph receipt by the Countess Pecci- Blunt, on behalf of Franco Gentilini. July 8th 1953. In Italian. One page, single-sided. On light blue paper, on letterhead "Lumen in Coelo - 3 Piazza Aracoeli - Roma". Excellent condition. Written by A.L. Pecci-Blunt, with a further autograph receipt signed by Vanda Augustini "Mother". Franco Gentilini (Faenza, 1909 – Rome, 1981) The Italian painter, Franco Gentilini, at the beginnings worked as a ceramist in Faenza and collaborated with Giovanni Romagnoli and Giorgio Morandi in Bologna. He took part in numerous editions of the Venice Biennale. After been accepted for the 17th International Art Exhibition in Venice in 1930, he also visited Paris. After the French capital, he moved to Rome in 1932 and held his first solo show at the Galleria di Roma with artworks in an archaic style inspired by pre-Renaissance Italian art. He also established himself as a fresco painter. It was in the late 1930s that he began to associate with the artists of the Roman School, thaks to the friendship of the Countess Pecci-Blunt. There was considerable demand for his work among private Italian collectors after World War II and still today. Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971) Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!

Creator:

Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt

Creation Year:

1953

Dimensions:

Height: 8.27 in (21 cm)Width: 5.79 in (14.7 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Medium:

Paper

Movement & Style:

Modern

Period:

1950-1959