Joseph Migneco, Figurative Scene, Oil on Canvas

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Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. On the back there is a certificate of authenticity from 'Meeting Art Roma' with … Read more Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. On the back there is a certificate of authenticity from 'Meeting Art Roma' with the data of the work, and a stamp of provenance from 'Centro Artistico Mercurio, Milan'. Giuseppe Migneco, originally from Messina but who moved to Milan when he was young, was one of the major representatives, together with Aligi Sassu, Renato Birolli, Bruno Cassinari, Renato Guttuso, of the Corrente group open to the European artistic avant-gardes. In favor of a painting of social commitment, he investigates reality with a critical, objective, historical eye. His characters with hard, square faces, marked by hard work and rendered with bright and strong tones, recall his Sicily with violent and clear features, but also the social realism of the Mexican muralists. In this work appear his characteristic figures (which could belong to either Sicily or Mexico!) engaged in a very prosaic and realistic activity of popular daily life, that is, a mother combing and cleaning her son's head, probably infested with parasites. The work is presented in a frame. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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