Antonio Corpora, Italian 1909-2004- Abstract in blue and green, 1948; gouache on card, signed and dated 48 lower right, 47x32cm (ARR) Provenance: Private Collection, London Note: Corpora studied under Arman Vergeaud, at the art Academy in Tunisia. Later he travelled to Europe and in 1931 settled in Paris, where he met Sergio Signori and Alberto Giacometti. In 1945, he would make Italy his home, there he collaborated with Guttuso, Fazzini and the other members of the ‘Neo-Cubista’ group. Towards the end of the 1940s, when this piece was created, he began to reject Cubist formulae and adopted a freer formula idiom. This work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from Giovanni Di Summa. Please refer to department for condition report The work is in a white wooden frame with a white canvas mount. There are scuff marks to the frame. When the work was opened for authentication, it was discovered the framer had stapled the edges to the mount. These have now been removed, and the work is no longer stuck in the frame. The work itself- it is slightly curved. The centre of the piece where the white layer of paint is thick reveals some craquleur, and minor paint loss. also a smaller area of craqueleur and paint loss to the top of the piece. There are watermarks but we believe this to be by the artist's hand, as well as scratches caused by the medium. Overall the piece is in good condition.