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City Dwellers

Felice Casorati (Italian, 1883–1963)
about 1930 (?)

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 150.0 x 84.5 cm (59 1/16 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund
Accession NumberRES.32.7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

Signed Lower right: CASORATI
Inscriptionson the back: F. Casorati/7 Cittadini
Provenance1931, sold from the Prima Quadriennale d'Arte Nazionale (exhibition), Rome, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: February 4, 1932)

NOTE: Two paintings by Casorati, MFA accession numbers RES.32.2 and RES.32.18, were purchased together for $10,050. This painting was exhibited as "Cittadini," cat. no. 7 in room 11.
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