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Aerial View of San Marino
Aerial View of San Marino
Aerial View of San Marino
ArtistItalian, 1909–1993
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Aerial View of San Marino
Datec. 1935
Place depictedSan Marino, Italy
MediumWatercolor, graphite and black chalk with blue oil pastel and gouache on wove ledger paper
DimensionsSheet: 20 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (51.6 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joe and Aggie Foster
Object number2015.268
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Italy; [Nissmann, Abromson, Brookline, Massachusetts, by 2014-2015]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Taking Flight" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 12-Sept. 17, 2025 [Eighth Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Published References Giorgetti, Claudio, Uberto Bonetti, Il futurism ed altre passioni, exh. cat. (Commune di Massarosa, Villa Gori, Stiava: April 29-May 16, 2004). Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in blue watercolor, lower left corner: Uberto Bonetti
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in blue watercolor, lower left corner: Uberto Bonetti
Recto: [None, verso inaccessible]

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