1940s More Art

Catalog of the exhibition of Pablo Picasso held at the Kunsthaus Zürich Museum, May-June 1954. Introduction by Bernhard Geiser. In-8º, text in German, 110 b/w plates, cm 24 x 1.5 x 17, 1954. On the page preceding the frontispiece a photography of the artist. Illustrated softcover ('Le repas frugal...

Italian Art in NY – A.L.S. is a Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Paris, May 10th 1947. In Italian. Onepage...

Vita col padre is the main content of these 4 Autograph Letters Signed by Gerardo Guerrieri to Maria de Matteis. Not Dated. Around 1947. In Italian. Excellent condition. Including a map of the scene, sketched in black ink. Suggesting theatrical mood, theatrical staging, stage, costume ideas and stage colors, intellectual references (Orson Welles and Rex Whistler), the Italian dramaturg asks the collaboration of the yung and talented costume designer, Maria De Matteis. Under the supervision of Luchino Visconti, Gerardo Guerrieri signs the direction of Vita col padre, by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse (premiered on January 28, 1947, Teatro Eliseo, Rome). These letters refers to all preparations and adaptations for the theater, from the stage to the costumes. " Io vorrei una scena leggera, a tinte tenui, ariosa(..) Anche per i costumi direi di tenerci su un tono più sottile e spumoso: tutta scena e personaggi svampiti che stiano per volare per aria come coppe di champagne delicatissimi!". "I would like a light scene, with soft colors, airy (..) Also for the costumes I would say to keep us on a more subtle and frothy tone: all scene and dizzy characters who are about to fly in the air like very delicate champagne glasses! Gerardo Guerrieri (Matera,1920 – Rome,1986) The Italian film director, playwright, screenwriter, translator, theater critic, and essayist, Gerardo Guerrieri is particularly remembered for translating in Italian numerous plays by Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Strindberg, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan...

This is a Typewritten Letter Signed by Giuseppe Prezzolini to the Countess Pecci Blunt. New York, September 30th 1941. In Italian. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Colu...

L. T. S. addressed to Contessa A. L. Pecci-Blunt. Rome, April 7, 1945. 2 pp. Front and back, with free-handwritten corrections, some red-typed words and blue ink "Sender" stamp. Perf...

This is a wonderful Set of Two Letters composed by two items part of the official and unofficial correspondence between the French writer Marthe Bibesco...

Edition of 250 copies including 46 original lithographs by Antoni Clavé. One of the 205 copies numbered from 46 to 250, on vélin de Rives. Includes original jacket and slipcase on ca...

Tragica Notte by Soldati is a lot composed of two items: Telegram by Mario Soldati to Maria De Matteis. In Italian. May 1941 (from the postmarks on the back). Autograph Letter Sign...

Correspondance is a lot of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti, written in French, 1946-47. A.L.S. Les Argues par Cazals, France, 1946. Two pages. A.L.S....

Rotterdam im Aufstieg- Autographs is a heterogeneous lot, composed of 3 items, signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti. Generally excellent condition, except for aging signs or ...

Album is an extraordinary collection of 30 linocut plates by Mino Maccari, each numbered and hand-signed by the artist. Issued in 89 copies. In-folio, 30 plates, cm 49 x 2.5 x 37, ...

This lot is composed of : a Telegram by Mario Soldati to Maria De Matteis. Written In Italian. Rome, April 20th, 1943 (from the postmark on the back); a Au...

This lot, concerning the Hunter College's Benefit Evening, consists of three items written in Italian and English, in 1945, by Vittorio Ceroni Gonzaga,...

Mosaic on cement panel, realized by Massimo Campigli in 1947. Unique piece, with certificate of authenticity on photograph by the artist's son Nicola Campigli on photo. Bibliograph...

Original poster: AOA to USA, American Overseas Airlines. THERE'S ALWAYS SUNSHINE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. This poster is archival linen-backed...

Autographs by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti, is a lot composed of 5 items, 5 autographs letters signed, written in French, 1953-1958. A correspondence concerning the Ossip Zadkin...

Autograph Christmas Card Signed by Afro Basaldella and his wife Maria to the Countess A.L.Pecci-Blunt. Around 1940. In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition: As good as New. The Italian artist wrote this kind autograph card to his mentor and patron of arts, best-known to the artists as "Mimì", the Countess Pecci-Bluunt, the volcanic woman that, together with the Italian poet Libero De Libero, founded in 1935 the Cometa Gallery and promoted the Roman School. An international world was been born in Rome, in which artists and intellectuals like Afro, Mirko, Cagli Mafai, Guttuso and Capogrossi, Severini, Martini, Janni, Melli, Ziveri, Pirandello, Savinio graviteted. At the sime time the Countess, organised literary presentations by writers like Cecchi, Moravia, Montale, lectures by Valéry and Mauriac; music night by Stravinskij, Petrassi, Milhaud, Honegger, Poulenc, Auric. During the summer, cosmopolitan worldliness was hold at the grand villa...

Jean Lurcat Limited Edition Lithograph of an Owl / Chouette Hand Signed c1940-1960 unframed Rare and Original numbered 44 of 200 a short run because the printing plates were destroy...

Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma is a lot composed of two typewritten letter signed by Fortunato Bellonzi, on letterhead paper "Quadriennale d'arte di Roma". One page, single-sided. In Italian. As good as new. In details: T. L.S. Rome, March 13th 1952. Addressed to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Official request of courtesy of the Countess' Portrait of Jean Cocteau...

Edition of 300 copies, 116 pp, including 27 original color lithographs by Antoni Clavé, including 8 out of text. Editions Galatea, Paris. Copy on Velin de Rives paper, in very good...

Original Mosaic on cement panel. Ref.: Domus 1948, p. IX and p. 29. An awesome and beautiful example on Campigli's Art of creating imaginative characters following his creativity,...

Art Size: 19"H x 12"W

The Body is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Hand-signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Good conditions. The artw...

First book illustrated by Michaux. Edition of 296 copies including 12 lithographs by Michaux. One of the 250 copies on Pur Fil Johannot. Original slipcase on beige cardboard and insi...

L.A.S. (Lettre Autographe Signée) Autograph Letter Signed by A. Masson to N. Jacometti. Paris, 22nd November 1949. One page. 27 x 20.9 cm. In 8°. In French. Perfect condition, with u...

Edition of 165 copies including 20 etchings by G. Manzù. Copy on carta a Tino di Fabriano. Near perfect conditions. Realised by Officine Bodoni, Giovanni Mardersteig. Italian versi...

Edward Bohlin silver mounted parade saddle. Black. Great Bohlin Stamp. Cowboy Saddle, Western Saddle. 1940s one of his most desirable periods. Bohlin of Hollywood California. He made all of the saddles and other related western gear for the movies. The Corona was custom made using the original Corona as the sample to copy. Biography Edward Bohlin (1895-1980) Edward H Bohlin Company (Established 1920) Saddlery-Saddle Maker 1895-1980 BP: Sweden LKL: Hollywood, CA. Born in Sweden in 1895, Edward Bohlin ran away from home at age 15, working his way to America on a huge four-mast schooner with dreams of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West in his head. Ed worked cattle drives around Montana before opening his first saddle shop in Cody, Wyoming where he did rope tricks in front of his shop to draw business. He met Tom Mix while performing at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and Mix convinced Ed to stay and produce silver and leather items in the Los Angeles area. From his humble beginnings to his fame in Hollywood for high-end pieces, Ed crafted more than 12,000 Bohlin saddles...

An awesome and beautiful example on Campigli's Art of creating imaginative characters following his creativity, successfully experimented in paintings, and one of the very rare mosai...

William F. Boogar, Jr. Seagull Lamp 1946 Bronze approx. 15 1/4" High x 6 1/2" Wide Signed and Dated Bottom WILLIAM F. BOOGAR, Jr., the Provincetown sculp...

Jean Cocteau Exceptional copy of the complete works in 9 volumes, dedicated to Jacques Fonson, 8 with original endpage drawings Half bound in red morocco with gold lettering 8 volum...