Condition Report: In good condition. The canvas is not relined and mounted on the original stretcher. Some fine craquelure and isolated small brownish stains (presumably fly speck). The right margin in the centre with a slight diagonal, linear, reddish scuff mark. Ultraviolet light reveals no retouchings or repairs. Fine, harmonious overall appearance.
Exhibition
Nicola De Maria: Giorni del secolo nuovo: Paintings, wallpaintings, watercolours. Eindhoven, Van Abbe Museum, 1985
Acrylic, chalk pencil and collage on canvas. 45 × 45 cm
(17 ¾ × 17 ¾ in.). Dated with brush in orange and signed with pencil on the reverse: 1981-1982 nicola maria. Additionally, dated, titled and signed twice in pencil on the overlap on the reverse: 1981 REGNO DEI FIORI nicola de maria. [3761]
Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin (acquired in 1983 at Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne)
Condition Report: In good condition. The canvas is not relined and mounted on the original stretcher. Some fine craquelure and isolated small brownish stains (presumably fly speck). The right margin in the centre with a slight diagonal, linear, reddish scuff mark. Ultraviolet light reveals no retouchings or repairs. Fine, harmonious overall appearance.
Exhibition
Nicola De Maria: Giorni del secolo nuovo: Paintings, wallpaintings, watercolours. Eindhoven, Van Abbe Museum, 1985