attributed to GIOVANNI ANSELMO (ITALY, 1934 - 2023) GOUACHE ON PAPER PAINTING , "LES PLAISIRS SONT AU PREMIER" ; TRANSLATED TO "THE PLEASURES ARE AT THE FIRST" WATERCOLOR GOUACHE PAINTING , , SIGNED G. ANSELMO , 1983 , LOWER RIGHT - 21 3/4" x 28 1/4" UNFRAMED - Giovanni Anselmo, a Leader of the Arte Povera Movement , RECENTLY DIED ON DECEMBER 23rd 2023 ) (PROVENANCE ; FROM THE ESTATE OF MARIO FRATTI Mario Fratti (29 July 1927 – 15 April 2023) playwright, best known for writinng the adaptation of Federico Fellini’s film 81/2 for the musical Nine. Nine won the Tony Award Other works include Suicide, The Cage, The Return, The Academy, Mafia, and The Bridge. which in its original production in 1982 won the O’Neill Award, the Richard Rodgers Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, eight Drama Desk Awards, five Tony Awards and in 2000 was a recipient of the Otto Award for Political Theater. In its 2003 revival, Nine won three Outer Critics Circle Awards and two Tony Awards.Mr. Fratti’s nearly seventy plays have received some six hundred productions in two dozen countries and have been translated into many languages. Mr. Fratti was born in Italy and lived in New York City since 1963. In addition to his writing achievements, he also served as New York drama critic for nine European newspapers.Mario Fratti was friends with Giovanni Anselmo and supportor of the arts ; this piece was gifted to Mario and may have been done as an homage to Mario Fratti Musical "9" )