By Giovanni (Nino) Costa
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude with stretched arms is a beautiful original drawing by Giovanni Costa, also known as Nino Costa (Rome, 1826 - Marina di Pisa, 1903).
A wonderful pencil drawing on brown and grey colored paper, representing a woman in an elegant pose and in an unstable balance. In excellent conditions, including a white cardboard passepartout, 50 x 0.5 x 35 cm.
Provenance:
Costa Heirs. Libero Merolli, Rome. Private Collection.
Exhibitions:
Opere di Nino Costa, Rome, Sala Margana, December 2004, p. 32, n. 21, repr;
Il pittore e patriota Nino Costa. Novità e aggiornamenti, Milan Hettabretz, 20-27 May 2011, n. 22 (Paul Nicholls Atelier, online catalog).
Notes:
In the following very similar study by Nino Costa, cfr. Nino Costa, Rome, Gasparrini Palace, May 1990, p. 113, n. 48, repr., there is an inscription by Francesca Drage, a young pupil of the Italian master: “Teresina di Lucca Studio...
Category
19th Century Modern Giovanni (Nino) Costa Art