Giacomo Manzu, The Awakening, 1953

(Italian, 1908-1991)

Woman Seated Under a Tree, Male Nude, signed lower right "Manzu", India ink on cream wove paper, sight 10-1/4 x 15-1/8 in.; parcel gilt wood frame, 19-5/8 x 27-3/8 x 1 in.

Provenance: The Estate of Mrs. Lloyd S. Lloyds, Manhattan, New York and Palm Beach, Florida; By descent in the family

Exhibited: World House Galleries, New York, New York, organized by The American Federation of Arts, Manzu and Morandi, February-June, 1958 (label verso)

For a similar composition see: Sotheby's Milan, 26 may 1998, lot 77