We are grateful to Mr. Stefano Pult, Zurich, for confirming the authenticity of the present work in April 2021.

Provenance:
- Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich (verso with label).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
- Germann, Zurich, sale 19 November 2018, Lot 56.
- Swiss private collection, acquired from the above.

Exhibited: Zurich 1959, Italo Valenti. Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1 September - 3 October.

Literature: Carena, Carlo/Pult, Stefano: Italo Valenti. Catalogo ragionato dei dipiniti, Milan 1998, no. D566 (b/w ill.).

Condition: Overall in good condition. Drying cracks in the upper area of the picture and along the outer edges, as well as craquelure. Barely noticeable superficial dust, as well as isolated areas of abrasion. No retouching detected under UV.