Lot:
4
77th Auction of Local Art from Friuli Venezia Giulia
1st Session: Local Art from Friuli VG
Framed
Small crack on the wood panel at upper left.
Work of prestigious provenance, coming directly from the Cosattini Family of Udine: it was owned by the lawyer Giovanni Cosattini (1878–1954), a socialist deputy, friend of Giacomo Matteotti, opponent of Fascism, mayor of the Liberation, and finally Senator of the Republic. His five children (two sons and three daughters), born from his marriage to Renza Cuoghi, were each protagonists of remarkable stories. The eldest son, Luigi, a professor of civil law, was among the founders of the Action Party in Veneto; deported to Buchenwald, he died in Germany during a tragic escape attempt. The other son, Alberto, a lawyer and also an Action Party militant, became Ferruccio Parri's right-hand man in Milan during the crucial 1944–45 period, and later his private secretary during the first post-Liberation government. The three daughters married prominent figures of the anti-fascist movement: Emilia married Gustavo Volterra, an executive at RAS and son of the mathematician Vito Volterra—one of the very few university professors who, in 1931, refused the oath of allegiance imposed by the regime; Giovanna wed the Turinese engineer Enrico Carrara, son of Professor Mario Carrara (Lombroso’s son-in-law), another 'non-swearing' professor; finally, Emma was the wife of Giovanni Enriques, an Olivetti executive active in the Resistance (cf. Sandro Gerbi, I Cosattini. Una famiglia antifascista di Udine, Milan, Hoepli, 2016)."
Signed and dated bottom left
Starting price:
400 €
+ buyer's premium
25%
plus shipment costs
Hammer price:
400 €
+ buyer's premium
25%