1940s More Art

Autograph Christmas Card Signed by Afro Basaldella and his wife Maria to the Countess A.L.Pecci-Blunt. Around 1940. In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition: As good as New. The Italian artist wrote this kind autograph card to his mentor and patron of arts, best-known to the artists as "Mimì", the Countess Pecci-Bluunt, the volcanic woman that, together with the Italian poet Libero De Libero, founded in 1935 the Cometa Gallery and promoted the Roman School. An internationl world was been born in Rome, in which artists and intellectuals like Afro, Mirko, Cagli Mafai, Guttuso and Capogrossi, Severini, Martini, Janni, Melli, Ziveri, Pirandello, Savinio graviteted. At the sime time the Countess, organised literary presentations by writers like Cecchi, Moravia, Montale, lectures by Valéry and Mauriac; music night by Stravinskij, Petrassi, Milhaud, Honegger, Poulenc, Auric. During the summer, cosmopolitan worldliness was hold at the grand villa...

"Il Selvaggio XVIII", "Annual supporter subscription- Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", with original woodcut prints by the artist Mino Maccari. Good conditions, exc...

Italian Art in NY – A.L.S. is a Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Paris, May 10th 1947. In Italian. Onepage...

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...

Rotterdam im Aufstieg- Autographs is a heterogeneous lot, composed of 3 items, signed by Ossip Zadkine to Nesto Jacometti. Generally excellent condition, except for aging signs or ...

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....

Vita col padre is the main content of these 4 Autograph Letters Signed by Gerardo Guerrieri to Maria de Matteis. Not Dated. Around 1947. In Italian. Excellent condition. Including a map of the scene, sketched in black ink. Suggesting theatrical mood, theatrical staging, stage, costume ideas and stage colors, intellectual references (Orson Welles and Rex Whistler), the Italian dramaturg asks the collaboration of the yung and talented costume designer, Maria De Matteis. Under the supervision of Luchino Visconti, Gerardo Guerrieri signs the direction of Vita col padre, by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse (premiered on January 28, 1947, Teatro Eliseo, Rome). These letters refers to all preparations and adaptations for the theater, from the stage to the costumes. " Io vorrei una scena leggera, a tinte tenui, ariosa(..) Anche per i costumi direi di tenerci su un tono più sottile e spumoso: tutta scena e personaggi svampiti che stiano per volare per aria come coppe di champagne delicatissimi!". "I would like a light scene, with soft colors, airy (..) Also for the costumes I would say to keep us on a more subtle and frothy tone: all scene and dizzy characters who are about to fly in the air like very delicate champagne glasses! Gerardo Guerrieri (Matera,1920 – Rome,1986) The Italian film director, playwright, screenwriter, translator, theater critic, and essayist, Gerardo Guerrieri is particularly remembered for translating in Italian numerous plays by Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Strindberg, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan...

Catalog of the exhibition of Pablo Picasso held at the Kunsthaus Zürich Museum, May-June 1954. Introduction by Bernhard Geiser. In-8º, text in German, 110 b/w plates, cm 24 x 1.5 x 17, 1954. On the page preceding the frontispiece a photography of the artist. Illustrated softcover ('Le repas frugal...

On the cover: The Toad (Le Crapaud) by Pablo Picasso. In-16º, text in German, pp. 24, cm 18.5 x 0.2 x 21, 1949. Visible signs of aging, a usual yellowing ...

Autograph Christmas Card Signed by Afro Basaldella and his wife Maria to the Countess A.L.Pecci-Blunt. Around 1940. In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition: As good as New. The Italian artist wrote this kind autograph card to his mentor and patron of arts, best-known to the artists as "Mimì", the Countess Pecci-Bluunt, the volcanic woman that, together with the Italian poet Libero De Libero, founded in 1935 the Cometa Gallery and promoted the Roman School. An international world was been born in Rome, in which artists and intellectuals like Afro, Mirko, Cagli Mafai, Guttuso and Capogrossi, Severini, Martini, Janni, Melli, Ziveri, Pirandello, Savinio graviteted. At the sime time the Countess, organised literary presentations by writers like Cecchi, Moravia, Montale, lectures by Valéry and Mauriac; music night by Stravinskij, Petrassi, Milhaud, Honegger, Poulenc, Auric. During the summer, cosmopolitan worldliness was hold at the grand villa...

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...

MEDIUM: Limited Edition Deluxe Cel SIZE: 10" x 11.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: BC1015P ABOUT THE IMAGE: In Elmer’s eyes, it’s more th...

To see our other Home Front British World War 2 posters scroll down to 'view all from this seller' and search for propaganda. Anonymous Ox...

A fine figural oil painting of a mother and three children with worried looks on their faces as military planes fly overhead by American artist Hope Shipee Bunin (1908-1970). Bunin w...

Furniture designed by George Nelson/ Charles Eames/ Isamu Noguchi & Paul Laszlo [72] pp. Herman Miller Furniture Co. 1948 First Edition 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" The first edition catal...

MEDIUM: Original Production Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 13.5" x 10.5" PRODUCTION: Popeye, "Her Honor the Mare" (1943) SKU: CCV2946 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original Production Drawings are one-of...

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 12 Field PRODUCTION: Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears, 1944 FRAMING: Framing included in Pricing SKU: CCV1625 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Looney Tunes...

MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel SIZE: 16" x 20" EDITION SIZE: 100 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: CC1194 ABOUT THE IMAGE: You’re All Under Arrest! is taken from the 1946 classic The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, directed by Bob Clampett. The original drawing was rendered by Juan Ortiz...

Art Size: 19"H x 12"W

MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel SIZE: 10.5" x 12.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: BC1001 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Taken from the 1942, Bob Clampett-directed classic, “Birdy and The Beast,” the image of Tweety shown here was how he first appeared before Warner Brothers insisted he be “clothed”. Bob Clampett, who created Tweety, provided the solution deciding to line the little canary with yellow feathers. “Birdy and The Beast” is a hand-painted cel and background, produced by Bob Clampett Animation Art...

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Drawing IMAGE SIZE: 9.5" x 12" PRODUCTION: The Henpecked Duck 1941 SKU: CCV1609 ABOUT THE IMAGE: This final animation drawing of Mrs. Daffy Duck...

Signed by Lauren Bacall MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel SIZE: 11.5" x 12.5" ARTIST: Lauren Bacall SKU: CC1177 ABOUT THE IMAGE: A “Hollywood” wolf, a sultry seductress, and the venera...

MEDIUM: Pair of Limited Edition Cels SIZE: 10" x 11.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: BC1013 ABOUT THE IMAGE: “Birdy and the Beast” is Clampett’s second Tweety cartoon ...

Jean Cocteau Exceptional copy of the complete works in 9 volumes, dedicated to Jacques Fonson, 8 with original endpage drawings Half bound in red morocco with gold lettering 8 volum...

An awesome and beautiful example on Campigli's Art of creating imaginative characters following his creativity, successfully experimented in paintings, and one of the very rare mosai...