Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1918), "Copo branco belleza dos objectos", c. 1915-1916

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Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1918) "Copo branco belleza dos objectos", c. 1915-1916 Oil on canvas Signed (pochoir) (craquelure, minor faults, restorations) 50x40 cm With labels on the reverse from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (no. 160), and from the Grand Palais – Galeries Nationales (Selves), Paris (no. 305). An alternative title for this work is Verre blanc ailes rouges (White glass, red wings). According to Marta Soares, documentation preserved in the Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso family estate supports the attribution of this title to the present painting. "Colóquio, Revista de Artes e Letras", nº 4, jul. 1959, rep. on the cover; "Fotobiografias Século XX - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso". Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 2009, p. 174.; "Catálogo Raisonné - Amadeo de Souza Cardoso - Pintura". Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2016, p. 326, ill. P174. Private collection.