Artist: Carla Carra (Italian, 1881 - 1966). Title: "Natura Morta". Medium: Gouache and charcoal drawing on newspaper laid to support sheet. Date: Composed 1912. Dimensions: Overall size: 17 11/16 x 12 15/16 in. (449 x 329 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in charcoal, lower right recto; signed, titled, and dated in pencil, verso; gallery ink stamp, upper center recto; collector's ink stamp (red letter 'B') lower right recto; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Painted on newspaper page laid to a cream colored wove paper backing sheet. Very good overall condition; the image itself is in very good to fine condition; the backing sheet has three 1/2" tears upper right sheet edge, not into the image; two small tears into the sheet, lower right, not into the image; crease lower left corner; all in all presents well. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: provenance@stanfordauctioneers.com for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): The best comparable to our example that we could find is “Natura Morte,” ink, brush, and gouache on newspaper laid down on canvas, 11 3/4” x 9 7/8,” sold for $17,500 including premium at Sotheby’s New York, May 28, 2015, lot #58. Carrà was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings he wrote a number of books concerning art and taught for many years in the city of Milan. Image copyright © Carlo Carra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. [30236-3-16000]