Giuseppe Migneco (messina 1903 - Milan 1997) - The Fortune Teller.

Giuseppe Migneco (Messina 1903 - Milan 1997) - The Fortune Teller.

49.5 x 39.5 cm (without frame) - 52.5 x 40.5 cm (with frame).

Mixed media drawing on paper, in wooden frame. Signed and dated lower right: «Migneco 46».

Giuseppe Migneco is one of the most distinctive figures in 20th-century Italian art, active between Messina and Milan, where he came into contact with the Corrente movement and developed a highly expressive visual language. His work is characterised by a nervous, incisive line capable of conveying psychological tension and popular humanity with great economy of means.
In this 1946 drawing, a fortune teller is depicted studying cards laid out on a table, her hands clasped before her face in a gesture of concentration. The ink line, rapid and assured, constructs the figure's face with the expressive directness typical of the artist's finest graphic work: the deep-set eyes and fixed gaze give the subject an almost theatrical intensity. In the background, a few swift marks suggest an interior without defining it, leaving the full compositional weight on the central figure.

Condition report: Good state of conservation of the pictorial surface, with normal signs of ageing consistent with the age of the work. Please note that the protective glass will be shipped dismantled and separately from the artwork to avoid damage in transit. The gallery accepts no liability for any breakage of the glass during shipping.

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