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Minotaur is an original painting in watercolor realized by Sergio Barletta in 1946.
Hand-signed.
In fair conditions with some folding, stains, and tearing on the margins.
The artwork represents the mythological Minotaur with confident and quick strokes, created skillfully in a well-balanced composition. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books.
From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others.
In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years.
In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Sociale, weekly of ACLI Catholic Workers Association; movie posters, advertising for Gucci, some writings for Popular Photography Italiana, lay-outs, writings and illustrations for Avinews, bimonthly for tour operators and so on.
During the eighties he starts a long co-operation with satirical weekly “Il Sale”, complemented by a book with Ottaviano edizioni in Milan and others publications in Turin and Rome, all of satirical drawings. In this period he collaborates with Linus, the most important Italian comics monthly, and Harakiri, a humour weekly published in France.
Personal and group exhibitions of paintings, collages, drawings, photographs
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1965
Galleria Levi – Milano, 1966 Galleria Petronio – Bologna, 1967
Galleria d’arte moderna Villa Reale – Milano, 1967
Palazzo Costanzi – Trieste, 1967
Galleria del Naviglio – Milano, 1967
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1967
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1968
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1969
Society Art’s Club – Messina, 1970
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1970
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1972
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1972
Galleria Il Diaframma – Milano, 1973
Galleria Libreria Renzo Cortina – Milano, 1974
Galleria Il Ventaglio – Firenze, 1975
Galleria Marino – Roma, 1975
Palazzo Gonfalonieri – Milano, 1976
Bedford House Gallery – London, 1977
Galleria Apicella – Bonn, 1979
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1980
Palazzo Barberini – Roma, 1981
Palazzo delle Stelline – Milano, 1981
Castello Sforzesco Biblioteca Trivulziana – Milano, 1982
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1983
Biblioteca Sormani – Milano, 1983
Club Migros – Milano, 1985
Centrodomus – Milano, 1985
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele – Milano, 1988
Galleria d’Arte ex libris – Roma, 1989
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1989
Palazzo delle Stelline – Milano, 1990
Palazzo d’Arte – triennale Milano, 1991
Galleria Molica Guid’Arte – Roma, 1991
Molica Gallery, West Broadway – New York, 1991
Civico Museo Archeologico – Milano, 1992
Palazzo Mediceo – Serravezza, 1994
Lalit Kala Akademi – New Delhi, 2005
Birla Academy of Art and Culture – Calcutta, 2005
Galleria Marino – Roma, 2011
- Creator:Sergio Barletta (1934, Italian)
- Creation Year:1946
- Dimensions:Height: 7.09 in (18 cm)Width: 8.08 in (20.5 cm)Depth: 0.08 in (2 mm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: T-1206811stDibs: LU65038351632
Sergio Barletta
Sergio Barletta is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22, he was active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like Costume, Diners ClubHouse Organ, BP Review, IBM and others. In 1965, Barletta started working with Marino Gallery in Rome; in 1966, in Milan, with Humour Graphics group; at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. During these years, Barletta's graphic work and illustration mixed with painting and photography, and also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Sociale, weekly of ACLI Catholic Workers Association; movie posters, advertising for Gucci, some writings for Popular Photography Italiana, layouts, writings and illustrations for Avinews, bimonthly for tour operators and so on.
During the 1980s, Barletta began a long collaboration with satirical weekly Il Sale, complemented by a book with Ottaviano Edizioni in Milan and other publications in Turin and Rome, all of satirical drawings. During this period he collaborated with linus, the most important Italian comics monthly, and Harakiri, a humor weekly published in France.
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