TitleMardi-Gras in Italy
Artist
Umberto Romano
(1906 - 1982)
Daten.d.
MediumOil and gesso on wood panel
DimensionsUnframed: 30 × 24 in.
Framed: 37 1/2 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Umberto / Romano"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, February 3, 1958
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1581-P
Label TextOne of Romano's more playful works, Mardi Gras in Italy depicts a masked figure celebrating the final day of Carnival, also known as Mardi Gras, celebrated throughout the Western world. In Italy, as elsewhere, celebrants dress in elaborate costumes and masks to mark the occasion.
