Description:
Fortunino Matania (Italian, 1881-1963)
The Building of a Gothic Cathedral Signed "F. Matania" l.r., identified and dated "1934" on a typed label from Ginn and Company affixed to the frame backing paper.
Watercolor on paper/board, sight size 8 x 6 in., framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
N.B. The label on the backing indicates that this watercolor was created for publication in Harold Ordway Rugg and Louise Krugger's book, Man at Work: His Arts and Crafts, published in 1937 by Ginn and Company.
Estimate $700-900
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The Building, Louise KruggerStuart Slavid
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European Furniture & Decorative Arts
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