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Title: Visual Art (1910-1970)
Post by: luk on March 20, 2024, 01:30:36 AM
Le Boulevard  (1911), Gino Severini

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPEYlfyzBWg/Xp3fEBjL9cI/AAAAAAAJujw/YwqO5WOzeD0SCbX2xQN8C9F4UOnVZgvZACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/780%2BGino%2BSeverini%2B-%2B6%2BThe%2BBoulevard.jpg)
Title: Re: Visual Art (1910-1970)
Post by: Pohjolas Daughter on March 20, 2024, 08:01:49 AM
Quote from: luk on March 20, 2024, 01:30:36 AMLe Boulevard  (1911), Gino Severini

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPEYlfyzBWg/Xp3fEBjL9cI/AAAAAAAJujw/YwqO5WOzeD0SCbX2xQN8C9F4UOnVZgvZACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/780%2BGino%2BSeverini%2B-%2B6%2BThe%2BBoulevard.jpg)
Interesting to read a bit about this painting and the artist here:

https://www.estorickcollection.com/the-collection/the-boulevard-1910-1911

I see that it is part of the estorick collection (located in London).

PD
Title: Re: Visual Art (1910-1970)
Post by: ritter on March 20, 2024, 10:50:05 AM
And that painting was used for the cover of Boulez's recording of Mahler's Ninth with the Chicago Symphony on DG:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81taZAIi5xL._SL1200_.jpg)