- Artist
- Mario Sironi 1885–1961
- Original title
- Montagne
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 819 × 1079 mm
frame: 1054 × 1305 × 120 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Signora Aglae Sironi 1980
- Reference
- T03114
Catalogue entry
T03114 MOUNTAINS c.1928
Inscribed ‘SIRONI’ bottom right
Oil on canvas, 32 1/4 × 42 1/2 (82 × 108)
Presented by Signora Aglae Sironi 1980
Exh: Mario Sironi, Palazzo Reale, Milan, February–March 1973 (works not numbered, repr.pl.64), dated 1928; 35 Opere di Sironi, L'Attico, Rome, May–June 1980 (35, repr.), dated 1932
Repr: The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Biennial Report 1980–82, 1983, p.39
This painting was exhibited at the Palazzo Reale in Milan in 1973 with the date 1928 and in Rome in 1980 with the date 1932. Francesco Meloni, who is preparing a catalogue raisonné of Sironi's work in collaboration with Agnoldomenico Pica, points out that the mountain slopes are identical to those which appear in the background of ‘Melancholy’ (pl.51 in the Palazzo Reale catalogue) and of ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ (pl.53 in the same catalogue). Both these paintings were reproduced in publications which appeared before 1930 and therefore the more probable date for ‘Mountains’ would be c.1928. The landscape, though inspired by the Dolomites, where the artist spent his summer holidays, is wholly imaginary. (Letter from Francesco Meloni of 4 February 1983.)
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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