Allegory of painting
indistinctly signed 'N.Gysis' (middle right) and with the estate's stamp (lower right)
charcoal and pencil on paper
18cm diameter (dimensions of paper 33.5 x 34.5 cm)

Footnotes

Provenance
Themistoclis Tsatsos collection, Athens.
Private collection, Athens.

Exhibited
Athens, Etaireia Filotechnon, Exhibition of Works by Nikolaos Gysis, (retrospective), March 15 - May 15 1928, no. 5 (listed in the exhibition catalogue and with label on the verso).

Literature
M. Montandon, Gysis, Derlag von Delhagen & Klafing editions, Bielefeld und Leipzig, 1902, p. 116 (discussed), p. 85, fig. 85 (illustrated).
D.I. Kalogeropoulos, X. Sochos, Album of Tenian Artists, N. Gysis 1842-1900, Athens, 1925, p. 38 (mentioned).
Nea Estia magazine, no. 602, August 1, 1952, p. 995 (mentioned).
T. Tsatsos, On Painting, Estia editions, Athens 1970, p. 50 (mentioned).
The Greek Painters, vol. 1, From the 19th Century to the 20th, Melissa editions, Athens 1974, p. 158 (mentioned).
E. Kazolea, Das Allegorische Werk von Nikolaos Gysis, master's thesis, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 1988, p. 90 (discussed), no. 143 (illustrated).
Y. Papaioannou, Nicholaos Gysis, ta Nea editions, Athens 2006, p. 109 (mentioned).

Saleroom notices

Please note that the correct diameter of the work is 26 cm not 18 cm diameter.

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Nikolaos Gyzis(Greek, 1842-1901)Allegory of painting 18cm diameter (dimensions of paper 33.5 x 34.5 cm)

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