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Arrigo Benedetti
Letter from Arrigo Benedetti to Mino Maccari - 1934

1934

$354.65
£267.02
€300
CA$489.48
A$548.32
CHF 285.73
MX$6,688.38
NOK 3,630.91
SEK 3,423.69
DKK 2,283.90

About the Item

Letter addressed to Mino Maccari, signed by Arrigo Benedetti. Fagnano, 12 November 1934. 1p. with adjustments and developments. "The usual notes. Fool or courtiers". Important letter that describes the role and the hesitation of the man of culture during the fascist period, when the Mussolini's dictatorship becomes intransigent and the thought and press freedom fell severely in crisis. "I have a few ideas, but confuse", Ennio Flaiano does tell to Mino Maccari in "Night Diary". "You are an honest old fascist, but I think many have doubts on your sincerity and nobility", confesses Benedetti in this letter to Maccari and continues: "The moment is sad, you might be called "fool" if you show your point of view, or "courtiers", as soon as you say the word "fascism"". Benedetti offers a solution and advises Maccari, no more called the "Tarpon" (tuscan way to indicate a big, aggressive and black mouse, as the fascists were called), to limit himself "to news of far events and speeches about not contingent but eternal ideas. (...) You should be hidden (..) in the culture and see with new eyes many things that rather seemed already peaceful." Il Selvaggio, the Maccari's magazine, had already changed the course: from fascist newspaper, anti bourgeois and revolutionary, now it is focused on culture. "Farewell to the past" is the article that opens this new season of art, political satire and literature, always following the country and sneering tradition, on cultural reality. In 1934, following the Benedetti's advice, Maccari highlights this direction.
  • Creator:
    Arrigo Benedetti
  • Creation Year:
    1934
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 8.78 in (22.3 cm)Depth: 0.12 in (3 mm)
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  • Condition:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: J-784221stDibs: LU65037627762

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