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Vive l'Italie! is the title of this Autograph Letter Signed by Morgan Russell to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt.
Aigremont, October 2nd 1935. In French. One page, single-sided.
Excellent condition, including original envelope. Perfectly readable.
On October 2nd, 1935, the historical date in which Italy invaded Ethiopia, the founder of the Synchromism, Morgan Russell, writes this letter to the Countess and Patron of arts A.L. Pecci Blunt. The American artist was organizing an exhibition under the patronage of the Countess but he was completely unaware of the national and international situation. Remembering his Roman stay, Morgan Russel writes this touching words: "C'est Vive l'Italie! - je crois du reste que la plupart des Francais disent autant".
Morgan Russell (New York, 1886 – Philadelphia, 1953)
The modern American artist, Morgan Russel, together with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, founded the Synchromism, a provocative abstract mouvement and style of painting (1912 -1920s). Russell's "synchromies," analogized color to music and were a American contribution to the rise of Modernism. A great traveller, Morgan Russel returned to Paris in 1909, where he studied at Matisse’s art school, attended Gertrude Stein's salon, and met Picasso and Rodin.
It was in Paris that Russell met Stanton Macdonald-Wright, a fellow expatriate, in 1911, and soon after the two began developing theories about the primacy of color in the creation of a meaningful work of art. They were particularly interested in the theories of their teacher, Canadian painter Percyval Tudor-Hart: colors could be orchestrated in the same harmonious way that a composer arranges notes in a symphony.
Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971)
Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!
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- Creation Year:1935
- Dimensions:Height: 10.52 in (26.7 cm)Width: 8.27 in (21 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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