1935

“That grandmother had always nourished a hope that one of her grandchildren would become a painter [...] She was my first model, although in truth all my brothers were also pressed into service [...] Sometimes my rage at my subjects’ inability to stay still made me think of tying the models down [...] I came to prefer sleeping subjects, and my granny, with her heart trouble, became my favourite"*

Emilio Vedova, Blätter aus dem Tagebuch, Prestel Verlag, München 1960; translated as Pagine di diario, Galleria Blu editrice, Milan, 1961; reprinted in Italian by Marsilio Editori, Venice, in 2019