William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.
Title: Full length portrait of a female nude at her toilet.
Medium:Pencil Drawing.
Size: 17"x 10". Overall: 23"x 15.5".
Provenance: The Artist's family.
Circa 1920.

In good ready to hang condition.
A lovely example of Matania's drawing ability in this detail sketch for a larger finished work.
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Artist Biography:
Chevalier Fortunino Matania was born in Naples,Italy in 1881 and studied in his artist father's studio at a very early age, exhibiting his first painting at the age of 11,and contributing illustrations for Italian periodicals from 1895.
He was also assigned to George V and Queen Mary at the Delhi Durbar (Indian Court).

In 1914 he became a war artist and spent much time drawing in the trenches. He was meticulous in his detail and accuracy in his paintings and in their beauty and realism.
He exhibited regularly from 1908-1940 at many of the major London Galleries.
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William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.
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