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This 36" x 36" abstract mixed media painting is by Washington state artist, Janice Tayler. This painting exhibits a dynamic interplay of color, texture, and composition characteristi...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Florence, October 22nd, 1946. One page, single-sided. In Italian. On letterhead pape...

L.T.S. addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt, on letterhead Reform Club, Pall Mall. August 23, 1937. In English. Excited to meet his future patron, Belloc co...

This is the Autograph Postcard Signed by Arturo Noci to Carlo Ferrari, both painters between the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th Century in It...

This lot of Autographs by Guglielmo Janni to Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt, is composed of 3 items, written around 1937, in French. In excellent condition, including original envelopes. ...

This set is composed of Two Autographs Signed by Virgilio Guzzi, addressed to Silvio Perina, the director of the C.I.M, Roman warehouses, during the Fifties. Excellent condition, pe...

This is the Correspondance between Jean-Pierre Guillermet (Porrentruy, Switzerland, 1921- San José 2017) and Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973). Composed of 8 items written in Fr...

Modigliani Exhibition is a lot, composed of two items between Palma Bucarelli and the Countess Pecci Blunt, concerning the extension of the successfull Modigliani's exhibition at the National Modern Art Gallery in Rome in 1954. In Italian. Very good conditions,except for minor aging signs. In details: a Typewritten document of the Superintendence at the National Gallery of Modern Art, addressed to the Countess Mimì Pecci Blunt. A formal letter of request, asking for the extension of the courtesy of Pecci Blunt's Portrait of Jean Cocteau...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 18 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant...

Ex Libris 1982, paper, ink, gouache, 17,5х13 cm Information about artist: Gunārs Vīndedzis (1918 - 1991) - cartoonist, illustrator. Born in a fami...

Nesting, a facade. With its envelope. Greeting letter in which the writer communicates the countess the forthcoming publication of a new novel.

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

Autograph Letter Signed by Alberto Moravia to the Countess Pecci Blunt. Salzburg, August 28th 1933. One page, double-sided. In Italian. Perfectly readable, very good condition except for a lower-right corner detached. Including original envelope. An ending autograph notes by Alberto Moravia. From Salzburg, Alberto Moravia writes this letter of greeting and thanks to the Countess Pecci-Blunt, or Mimi, the patron of arts and the closed-friend of artists and intellectuals. The Italian writer tries to reach her at one of the Countess' residences or at common friends houses. The background: During the period of this correspondence, Moravia has just started his carres as journalist, but his life changed when he published in 1929 Gli Indifferenti, noteced by the critic. In 1930 Moravia started collaborating for the newspaper La Stampa, then edited by author Curzio Malaparte...

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...

This is a Autograph Postcard Signed by Virgilio Guzzi, addressed to Silvio Perina, the director of the C.I.M, Roman warehouses. Rome, Christmas 1977. In Italian. Very good condition...

Garibaldian Memories is a Autograph Card Signed by Clelia Garibaldi to Clelia Gonella or Gemella. Including the original envelope and a card reporting “...

Vintage Sailor Tattoo Flash Ink on mounted paper c. 1940 4 x 3

Colonna Review - A.L.S. is a Autograph Letter Signed by Alberto Savinio to the Countess A.L Pecci-Blunt. Milan, May 21st 1934. In Italian. One page, single-sided. Excellent conditio...

This is a superb Autograph Letter Signed by Alfred Cortot to the Countess Pecci- Blunt. Paris, December 21st 1936. In French. One page, double-sided. On...

Le Foglie – A.L.S. is a Autograph Letter Signed by Filippo de Pisis to Gaetano Chiurazzi. Milan, June 3rd 1947. One page, double-side. On letterhead paper “Ne nous embarbouillons pas dans les métaphores” (Balzac). In Italian. Very good condition, with minor aging signs. Original envelope included, with lacquer wax. An affectionate greeting letter written with a rapid calligraphy written by the artist had just return to Italy with the first symptoms of an illness will lead to his death. The artist demands to his friend and Italian gallerist, Gaetano Chiurazzi (Naples,1899- Rome,1967), best-known as "Tanino", to lead him his oil on canval “Le Foglie”, exhibited at his popular gallery, “Le Vetrine di Chiurazzi”, in Via del Babbuino, Rome. De Pisis is today best-known for his cityscapes, metaphysically-inspired maritime scenes, and still lifes, especially those depicting flowers. His work has a particularly airy quality, and is laden with a sort of pathetic pleasure. This letter demonstrates how de Pisis spent his life: between Rome, Paris and Venice, living a very extravagant lifestyle; he had a pet parrot named Coco, and in Venice he was one of a handful of residents at the time who used a gondola. He had two personal gondoliers on 24-hour duty, who wore black-and-gold livery. Filippo de Pisis (born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli, Ferrara 1896 – Brugherio 1956) When he was 20 years old, the young painter from Ferrara had a meeting that changed his life. During his military service, he met the "Dioscuri", the brothers De Chirico and then Carrà. He was sure impressed by their way of seeing painting and, at the beginning, shared the metaphysical style. After a short stay in Rome and Paris, at the beginning of the 1920's, he started to rework his style, made of suggestions and original subjects, where the pictorial line is fragmented and, therefore, defined by Eugenio Montale as "fly-paw painting". The friendship with Julius Evola...

The Mario Tozzi's business card, with the header "Mario Tozzi /Pittore/ membro del Direttorio nazionale dei Sindacati". With autograph notes of Christmas w...

La Psychlogie du peuple americain is a typewritten text of an oral speech. Likely a transcription of an history conference hold by Bernard Faÿ. With pencil autograph notes to the Cou...

Letter from Louis Marcoussis to Countess Pecci Blunt is an original manuscript. The letter is addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt and it's written from Hotel Minerva, Florence Marco...

This is an Autograph Letter Signed by Enrico Prampolini to the Countess A.L. Pecci Blunt. Paris, June 12th 1935. One page, double-sided. Excellent c...

Gumdrop Mirror by Courtney Kinnare 2024 Resin, Acrylic, & Ink on Mirror Dia 24" The Gumdrop Mirror features vibrant, candy-like orbs in rich cherry and blush tones, adding a scul...

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...

Two letters from Milena Barilli to the Countess Pecci Blunt. The first one is one piece, plus envelope included (dimensions 27 x 17 cm). The other on...

Islamic Verses in Calligraphy style is a wonderful original manuscript. One page, one-sided, in Arabic, the original sheet (cm 17 x 11) is in excellent condition and under plexiglas...

In the correspondence, Antonio Barrera writes to the Countess Pecci Blunt sending her a business card to invite her to his exhibition.

Happy Easter Card by Gianni Granzotto, to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Bologna, Easter, 1937. In Italian. One page, single-sided. With wishing autograph notes by a great...

This is the Autograph Postcard Signed by Arturo Noci to Carlo Ferrari. Venezia, May 5th 1907. In Italian. Excellent condition, perfecly readable. Greeting postcard signed by the ...

Letter written by Camille Bryen to Nesto Jacometti, with no date (most probably 1950s or early 1960s) and is written in French.

C.P.A.S. headed “Avanti! Socialist Journal ", addressed to the writer and art critic Ugo Ojetti. Rome, 28 October 1903 (14x9 cm). Perfect condition. Leonida Bissolati was one of th...

This "Viva La Cometa!" Correspondence by Enrico Paulucci to the Countess Pecci Blunt, written in Italian, from 1932 to 1937, is composed of 4 Authograph Lett...

This is a Autograph Greeting Letter Signed by Georges Goyan to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Arcachon, January 5th, 1923. On ivory-colored and laid paper. In French. One page, single-si...

This is a unique Set of Autographs Signed by Dino Grandi to the Countess Pecci- Blunt, written between 1955 and 1968. Including 3 items, In Italian, in excellent conditions. Perfect...

L.T.S. addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt, on Letterhead Reform Club, Pall Mall, February 3, 1938. In English. Thanksgiving letter for the remuneration received and for timely deliv...

S. Teresa del Bambin Gesù is a Autograph Letter Signed by the Italian artist Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Rome, April 24th 1939. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent condition. Perfectly readable, thanks to an elegant calligraphy. Touching letter addressed to the Countess and patron of arts, thanking her for her purchase proposal of a hand study drawing...

Autograph Letter of Invitation written and signed by Mario Tozzi to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Signed. Rome, March 7th 1934. In Italian. In Pe...

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...

Memories from Marina di Pisa is an Autograph Postcard Signed by the Italian painter Giovanni Costa (Rome, 1826 – Marina di Pisa, 1903), best-known as Nino Costa, to Adele Verducci. ...

This is a unique Autograph Card Signed by Vittorio Gorresio (Modena, 1910 - Rome1982) to the Countess A.L. Pecci Blunt. Around 1954. In Italian. With ...

Confidential Autograph Letters Signed by the French poet, Abel Bonnard (Poitier, 1883-Madrid 1968) to the Countess A. L. Pecci-Blunt. Around 1930's. In French. One page, single-sid...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.75 X 19.5 Dated August 5, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...

Collect this unique Family Memories - Autograph Letter Signed by Francesco Maria Guardabassi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Santa Barbara, September 26th 1944. One page, four-sided, on light blue colored paper, in 8°, in English. On leterhead paper "Woodstock Pride's crossing - Massachusetts". Excellent conditions, usual folds. Perfectly readable, including original envelope. Confidential Letter concerning family memories between the Italian painter of the Risorgimento, F. Maria Guardabassi (Umbertide, Perugia 1867 - Palm Beach, Florida, 1952), owner of the Villa La Torre Monaldi in Perugia, attended by the young Countess Pecci. "You are too young to remember me in Perugia, my native town, when you were a very little girl and me allready a young man aand a great lover of art and music". This autograph letter with a nostalgic beginning, continues with an apology of the Pecci family name. Indeed the prestige of the family grew at the end of the nineteenth century, when Cardinal Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci ascended to the papal throne with the name of Leo XIII...

This is a Happy New Year Card Signed by Virgilio Guzzi, to Silvio Perina, the director of the C.I.M, Roman warehouses, during the Seventies. Rome, Febr...

This is an Happy New Year Autograph Letter Signed and Dated by Giuseppe Ungaretti (Alessandria of Egypt, 1888- Milan 1970) to the Countess and patron o...

Prakash Ghadge - Monk-19-I Pen & Ink on Canvas, 19 x 22 inches, 2019 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Prakash Ghadge (B. 1955) ) secured G.D.A. in painting from Sir J.J. School o...

This is a Autograph Card Signed by Virna Lisi to Maria De Matteis. Udine, July 22nd 1966. In Italian. On letterhead paper "Virna Lisi". Excellent condition...

Political Comics is an original comics drawing in China ink, realized in 1978 by the Italian cartoonist Alfredo Chiappori. Very good conditions. Wit...

Living from Writing is the main content of this Autograph Letter Signed by Eugenio Galvano to Mino Maccari. Tourin, June 20th 1949. In Italian. One page, double-sided. On letterhead...

The work is sold without a frame and mat

The work is sold without a frame and mat

The work is sold without a frame and mat

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....

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 17.75 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mac...

Vita Americana (American Life) is a Autograph Letter Signed by Afro, to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971). New York, July 3rd 1950. Two pages, doubl...

Autograph Happy New Year Card Signed by Afro Basaldella to the Countess Anna Laetitia.Pecci-Blunt. Rome, January 2nd 1963 . In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition: As good as New....

The Great Success of Italian Cinema is an interesting set of documents, typewritten letters and copies of telegrams of historical value, between Bruno Todini, the right arm of the Italian cinematographic producer Dino De Laurentis, and their costume designer, Maria De Matteis, at the end of 1950s. Composed of 7 items, concerning the success of "Guerra e Pace" movie after the Hollywood screening. Written by Bruno Todini, on behalf of Dino De Laurentis, In Italian. In excellent conditions except for minor signs of aging. "Hollywood also consecrates War and Peace the greatest film of all the times" In detail: Typewritten Letter Signed. On letterhead paper "Ponti- De Laurentiis...

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...