49. Return from the open sea [1929-1930]
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49. Return from the open sea [1929-1930]
References
ZAMBACCIAN, Krikor H., "N. Tonitza", State Publishing House for Literature and Art, Bucharest, 1955. COMARNESCU, Petru, "N. N. Tonitza", Youth Publishing House, Bucharest, 1962. TONITZA, Nicolae, "Writings on Art", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1964. BREZIANU, Barbu, "Tonitza", Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania Publishing House, Bucharest, 1967. ȘORBAN, Raoul, "Tonitza", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1973. BREZIANU, Barbu, "N. N. Tonitza", Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest, 1986.
oil on cardboard, 20 x 24.5 cm, Signed upper right, in black, "Tonitza"
Research information
The artwork participated in the retrospective exhibition "N.N. Tonitza," at the Museum of Art of the R.P.R., Bucharest, January-March 1964, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalog under item 197, page 114. The artwork is also reproduced in the album "Tonitza," by Corneliu Baba, published by Meridiane, Bucharest, 1965, under item 95, titled "Fisherman with boat at the seaside." Additionally, the work took part in the National Exhibition of Painting and Graphics Nicolae N. Tonitza, at the Museum of Art of the R.S.R., Bucharest, 1979, and is mentioned in the exhibition catalog under item 169, page 15.
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Maria and Dr. Nicolae Mihail Historical Collection
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