Lot 504: Pino Ponti, Italian 1905-1999- Portrait of a man a

Pino Ponti, Italian 1905-1999- Portrait of a man and a woman; oil on canvas, 40x50cm (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner Note: Pino Ponti studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and in 1929 was invited to take part in the '900 Italian exhibition, alongside Giorgio de Chirico and Filippo de Pisis. In that same year, the Gallery of Modern Art in Milan and Venice acquired four works by the artist. Ponti held solo exhibitions throughout the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and in 1950 participated in the Venice Biennale.