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LUIGI MORETTI ( 1884 – 1950 ) Venice.
A very beautiful signed oil on canvas by the Italian born painter who worked in France – Luigi Moretti. Moretti was born in Venice and painted in Paris and Venice and exhibited in Paris at the Societe Des Artistes Francais. His work is well collected. The painting has the original artists label verso.
Title: “Venice”
Signature: Signed lower right
Provenance: Private French collection
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: c. 18 x 15 inches unframed / 26 x 23 inches framed
Condition: Very nice for age – unlined and unrestored
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 21 June 1884, in Venice.
Painter. Landscapes.
Exhibited on a regular basis from 1911 at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.
Auction Records
Paris, 17 Dec 1931: Rialto Bridge, Venice, FRF 50
Paris, 17 Dec 1943: Ducal Palace, Venice, FRF 600
Paris, 18 June 1945: St Mark’s Square, Venice (1930) FRF 3,000
Paris, 14 Nov 1946: Venice Lagoon, FRF 2,600
Paris, 23 March 1994: Venice (1929, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¼ ins/73 × 92 cm) FRF 6,600
Calais, 25 June 1995: Ducal Palace, Venice (1951, oil on canvas, 23½ × 28¾ ins/60 × 73 cm) FRF 9,500
Rome, 26 Nov 2002: The Greeting, Venice (1930, oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/60 × 73 cm) EUR 3,200
London, 18 June 2003: Venetian Canal (oil on canvas, 44 × 31 ins/111 × 80 cm) GBP 2,500