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    Giovanni Costetti (Reggio Emilia 1874 - Settignano 1949)

    Portrait of a man (Arrigo Levasti?), 1906

    Description:

    signed and dated lower left in pen: G. Costetti 1906
    1906
    black and coloured chalks
    430 x 312 mm

    Note:

    This portrait possibly depicts the Italian writer and mystic Arrigo Levasti.  Giovanni Costetti was best known as a printmaker.  Most of his best known works date from 1904 to 1910.  One of the most important projects he undertook during this time was a group of etchings for the Italian poet and playwright Gabriele D’Annunzio and the Esposizione Fiorentina della Società di Belle Arti in 1908.

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    Portrait of a man (Arrigo Levasti?), 1906