Novecento di carta opens at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan on 23 March and features masterpieces of 20th-century Italian drawing from civic collections and those of Intesa Sanpaolo in an exhibition of drawings, engravings and artist’s books by the most acclaimed masters of the last century.
100 artists exhibited
100 artists exhibited
40+ works from the Intesa Sanpaolo collections
150+ works from Milan’s civic collections
7 lending civic institutes
38 works from the Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni
50 works from the Civica Raccolta delle Stampe “Achille Bertarelli”
9 war drawings from the Civiche Raccolte Storiche
13 artist’s books from the Biblioteca d’Arte
11 drawings and projects from CASVA - Centro di Alti Studi sulle Arti Visive
54 works from the Museo del Novecento
1 drawing by Amedeo Modigliani
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Detail by Adolf Wildt, Tre figure, 1916, pencil, pen and Indian ink on paper 288 x 220 mm Castello Sforzesco-Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni, Milan. Photo Saporetti Immagini d’Arte, Milan 1/5 -
Detail by Umberto Boccioni, Interno con due figure femminili, 1916, graphite, pencil, black ink, coloured pencils, watercolour and white tempera on paper, 654 x 475 mm Castello Sforzesco-Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni, Milan. Photo Annette Keller 2/5 -
Detail by Marcello Dudovich, Il corredo del bambino, 1915-1918, pastel and tempera on paper, 691 x 688 mm Castello Sforzesco-Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni, Milan. Photo Saporetti Immagini d’Arte, Milan 3/5 -
Detail by Mario Sironi, Allegoria dell’espansione urbanistica, c. 1921, graphite pencil, Indian ink, tempera on paper, 407 x 327 mm Castello Sforzesco-Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni, Milan. Photo Saporetti Immagini d’Arte, Milan 4/5 -
Detail by Roberto Crippa, Composizione, 1954, tempera on card, 65 x 48 cm Museo del Novecento – Collezione Boschi Di Stefano, Milan. Photo Luca Postini 5/5