Renato Guttuso, Marta Marzotto02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, meet Marta Marzotto, with Footnotes. #83

Renato Guttuso, (1912–1987)
Marta Marzotto
Mixed technique on cardboard, c. 1970
51x37
Private collection

Marta Marzotto , born Marta Vacondio ( Albinea , 24 February 1931 — Milan , 29 July 2016 ), was a model , stylist and Italian socialite, and also an actress. Her mother was a signalwoman on a toll road and worked in the textile industry. Her father was a railway worker. As a girl Marta worked in the region’s rice fields. Determined to seek a better future, she learned the seamstress’s craft in the city of Pavia, south of Milan, and became a model…

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