Filippo de Pisis (Italian, 1896-1956). "Pesce". Watercolor and gouache drawing on paper. 1931. Signed lower right. Cream laid paper. Good condition; paper creases as manufactured; scattered foxing; affixed to thin conservation sheet. Overall size: 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (308 x 210 mm). Image size: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (267 x 200 mm). De Pisis spent his lifetime in Rome, Paris and Venice. He lived a very extravagant lifestyle, e.g. in Venice he was one of a handful of residents at the time who used a gondola. He had two personal gondoliers, who wore black-and-gold livery, on 24-hour duty. His work was shown twice in the Venice Biennale: once during his life and once posthumously. Image copyright © The Estate of Filippo de Pisis. [28146-2-1400]