FRANCO COSTA
Quittengo, 1906 - Biella, 1980

Femme Debout, 1930
Oil on canvas, 78,5 x 48,5 cm
Signed lower right: Costa
Label on the back of the exhibition “Futurismo. I grandi temi”, Genova

LITERATURE AND EXHIBITED: “Vente aux enchères publiques. Collection Lucien Peinetti - 53 tableaux futuristes italiens”, ancienne collection Emanuele Sarmiento, Galerie Verrière, Hotel Sofitel, Lione, October 1984 (published on catalog, repr. al n.11);
“Omaggio a 33 futuristi + 2 circumvisionisti”, Galleria 5/55, Roma, March - April 1995;
“Futuristi e Aeropittori a Catania”, curated by A.M. Ruta and S. Ventura,Catania, Galleria d’Arte moderna, March 30th - May 1st 1996, Publinews Editions, 1996, p. 90 (repr.); “Futurismo. I grandi temi. 1909-1944”, curated by E. Crispolti, F. Sborgi, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, December 17th 1997 - March 8th 1998, Fondazione Mazzotta, Milan, March 29th - June 8th 1998, Gabriele Mazzotta Editions, Milan 1997, p. 168, n.4/45 (repr.); “Futurismo e sua eredità”, curated by L. Strozzieri, with texts by M. Duranti and S. Ventura, Museo d’arte “Constantino Barbella”, Chieti, December 6th 2002 - January 15th 2003, Associazione culturale Trifoglio, Chieti 2002, p. 41 (repr.);
“Futurismo, Prodromo del Centenario”, a cura di Massimo Duranti, Orler Spazio Eventi, Marcon (VE),April 21st - June 23rd 2007, EFFE Fabrizio Fabbri Editore, Perugia, 2007, p. 28 n. 24 (repr.);
“Sole Futurista. Futurismo e Aeropittura”, curated by C. Mazzoni, Galleria Pulcherrima, Rome, 2018, p. 50.