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Donna Franca Florio
circa 1921
Giovanni Boldini (1845 -1931)
Italian-French portrait painter
Detroit Institute of Arts (to sell a Christie's)
Oil on canvas
66.8 x 54.6 cm. (26½ x 21½ in.)
signed 'Boldini' (lower right)
jpg: Christie's

Donna Franca Florio

Index

Portrait of Donna Franca Florio
1924

Notes

Exhibited
New York, Wildenstein & Co., A Loan Exhibition of Degas for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, 7 April-14 May 1949, no. 38.

Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills, Detroit.
Detroit Institute of Arts (gift from the above).

Literature
C.L. Ragghianti, L'Opera Completa de Boldini, Milan, 1970, p. 132, no. 575 (illustrated).

Offered for sale at Christie's 23 April, 2002, Lot 6, Sale # 1040, estimated $30,000-$40,000

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