Provenance:
Paolo Resta, Rome;
acquired by a relative of the artist already in the 1960s;
Private collection, Naples
The artwork is probably a study for an illustration of the novella "La testa di Vezio Spada" by Rodolfo Gazzaniga, published in: "La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia", III, n. 10, October 1925, p. 48
Artwork archived at the Association for the Patronage and Promotion of the Figure and the Work of Mario Sironi, Milan, with number 422/24 RA, as per certificate