oil on canvas, 70×50 cm
signed and dated top left P. Conti 1923
The Medium is the final episode of the particular period exemplified by Conti's painting in the early 1920s, before the artist immersed himself in the great historical and religious cycles that characterized 1924 and 1925, and in the social life of the Viareggio years. The theme is Futurist and more broadly inspired by the avant-garde, but the manner has the typical cadences of the current moment, which, while reliving reality, grants it its weight.
