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Gala Night At The Empire Ballroom, Blackpool by Fortunino Matania

An astonishing and highly detailed watercolour of a party  night at the Gala Ballroom, the Winter Gardens in Blackpool by the Italian artist Fortunino Matania (1881-1963). Signed lower left,this work is in good condition having been newly reframed and mounted behind museum-quality U.V. glass. From the private estate of a commercial airline pilot who collected items and images relating to balloons and ballooning. NB; digital prints  of this are available from a company in America but this is the original watercolour.

Measures 31 cm wide by 22 cm deep (51 cm by 43.5 cm in its frame).

 

£4000