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Mino Maccari
Two Sketched Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s

1960s

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Two Sketched Portraits  is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989).  China ink (fountain pen) drawing on watermarked "C&L" paper. Excellent condition.  Signed "Maccari" in black China ink  on the lower-right margin . With the caustic touch of the illustrator of  Il Selvaggio ,  this contemporray artwork depicts two sketched portrait on a unique sheet, with the incredible touch of the talented illustrator.  Enrich your private collectiuon with a Italian satiric touch and elegance! Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989) Mino Maccari was a popular Italian painter and engraver with a caustic personality, called in 1924 by Angiolo Bencini to collaborate as illustrator for the magazine Il Selvaggio , an admittedly intransigent fascist, revolutionary and anti-bourgeois magazine. Here Maccari  published his first engravings. and after he took over the direction of the Savage which he held until 1942.  In 1959, he became the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome; in 1963, he won Antonio Feltrinelli's prize for painting and became president of the San Luca Academy in 1962 . In the same year of one of the biggest Italian accademic honour, Maccari managed to obtain a personal exhibition at Gallery 63 in New York. His production of drawings, watercolors, tempera, lithographs etc. is exhausted, sometimes in collaboration with prestigious publishing houses (Strapaese, Il selvaggio), of satirical, political or erotic subject matters.
  • Creator:
    Mino Maccari (1898 - 1989, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1960s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.62 in (29.5 cm)Width: 8.27 in (21 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.a.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1189611stDibs: LU650313784472
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