1950s More Art

Volume III of the collection dedicated to Picasso's lithographs. It includes reproductions of the etching created between 1949 and 1956. Copy on Velin paper. Cover and frontispiece a...

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...

Ex- Libris de Julio Cesar Salvatierra  is an Artwork realized in 1951, by the Artist Julio Cesar Salvatierra . Woodcut colored print on ivory paper. The work is glued on grey cardbo...

This piece is a unique, original gouache on paper by Erte, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. Erte was a vastly diverse artist who excelled in an array of fields including fashion, jew...

Tristan Tzara's Letter is Autograph Letter Signed by the Romanian and French avant-garde poet Tristan Tzara ((Moinești, 1896 – Paris 1963) to Nesto Jaco...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Les Grenouilles qui demandent un Roi Etching from 1954. Edition of 100. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30 cm. Refer...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The Lion go hunting and the Donkey Etching from 1954. Edition of 100. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30 cm. Referen...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - The Wolf, the Mother, and the Child Etching from 1954. Edition of 100. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30 cm. Refere...

Ex Libris - Ladislav Hodny is an Artwork realized in 1950 s. by the Artist Jaroslav Vojna, from Czech Republic.  Woodcut B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on back. The wor...

This Lot of Autographs by the Italian artist Giovanni Omiccioli to Silvio Perina, the director of the CIM warehouses in Rome, includes 3 items, written around 1953, in Italian : - ...

André Breton, Anthologie de l'Humour Noir, Editions du Sagittaire, Paris 1950. N° d'éditeur: 93. The "Anthologie de l'Humour Noir" (Anthology of Black Humor) is an anthology of 45 wr...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - L'Ivrogne et sa Femme Etching from 1954. Edition of 100. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30 cm. Reference: Cramer 22...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - La Rieur et Les Poissons Etching from 1954. Edition of 100. Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 39 x 30 cm. Reference: Cramer...

L.A.S. (Lettre Autographe Signée) Autograph Letter Signed by A. Masson to N. Jacometti. Paris, 28th March 1950. In back some autograph greetings by Marie and Dominique, Massons’s children. One page two-sided 24.1 x 16 cm. In 8°. In French. Perfect condition with usual folds of paper. Thank-you letter: “Grâce à ta gentillesse tu es à la base d’un...

Ex Libris - T. Wevers is a Modern Artwork realized in 1953 by the Author Herbert Stefan Ott . Ex Libris. B/W woodcut on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the back. The wor...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the well Etching from 1952. Edition of 100 Enhanced with watercolour by the artist. Dimensions of work: 52 x 37 cm. Han...

Not dated nor located, this interesting collection of letters is addressed to Nesto Jacometti Graphic Art Editor and Collector. It's entirely hand written and in very good condition...

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...

Autograph Card Signed by Afro Basaldella to the Countess Anna Laetitia.Pecci-Blunt. Rome, 1950's (1958-1959) . In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition...

This is an Autograph Letter Signed by Anita Loos to the Cuntess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. July 14th, 1952. In English. Signed. Excellent condition: As good as New, including origi...

Merry Christmas Card Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. New York, December 20th 1956. In Italian. Excellent condition,...

Telegram by Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984), Italian playwright, director, actor and poet addressed to the Countess Anna -Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. One-page. V...

Collect this unique Autograph Letter Signed by Nino Franchina to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Rome, March 1st 1952. One page, single-sided, on light blue ...

This heterogeneous lot “Ungaretti –Futur Prix Nobel” deals with the Ungaretti's ambitious race for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. A Correspondence, with different senders a...

This set is composed by 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Renato Guttuso and addressed to Gaetano Chiurazzi. In 8. In Italian. One page, One side. Signed and dated. On ivory colored pa...

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. 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...

Dubuffet's Autographs are a beautiful lot of correspondence between Jean Dubuffet and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1955. Two autographs lettes signed and dated by the founder of Art ...

Ade Witboi is an original modern rare book with illustrations by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin), published in 1955. Original First Edition. Published by Arani, Berlin Grunewald. Format: in 4°. The book includes XXII pages with 47 fullpage black and white drawings and 4 colored pages. Mint conditions. George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin). By the war’s end in 1918, Grosz had developed an unmistakable graphic style that combined a highly expressive use of line with ferocious social caricature. Out of his wartime experiences and his observations of chaotic postwar Germany grew a series of drawings savagely attacking militarism, war profiteering, the gulf between rich and poor, social decadence, and Nazism. In drawing collections such as The Face of the Ruling Class (1921) and Ecce Homo (1922), Grosz depicts fat Junkers, greedy capitalists, smug bourgeoisie, drinkers, and lechers—as well as hollow-faced factory labourers, the poor, and the unemployed. At this time Grosz belonged to the Berlin Dada art movement, having befriended the German Dadaist brothers Wieland Herzfelde and John Heartfield...

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...

Autographs by Édouard Pignon to Nesto Jacometti. This lot is composed of 2 items: Autograph Letter Signed by E. Pignon to N. Jacometti. April 28th 1...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. November 20th, 1958. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, double-sided. In Italian. Excellent conditi...

“Monumental Chalice” is a stunning rare monumental ceramic chalice by the world re-known Italian potter Guido Gambone. The shape is light and delicate with a comfortable weight. Turq...

Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsification is an Autograph Letter Signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Rome, April 21st 1961. In Italian. On ivory co...

This is a Fabrizio Clerici's Autograph Letter Signed, to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Rome, July 24th. Around 1957. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, singl...

Autograph Letter signed by Renato Guttuso to Gaetano Chiurazzi, called "Tanino". Velate, October 29th 1958. Two pages ( front and back), in 8°, in Italian. Excellent conditions, with...

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

This is an Autograph Letter Signed by Tristan Tzara (Moinești, 1896 – Paris 1963), the Romanian and French avant-garde poet and artist, to the Swissh edi...

Autograph Card Signed by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini to their costume designer, Mara De Matteis. Around 1950s. One page, double-sided. In Ital...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. April 4th, 1956. Signed "Fabrizio". One page, single-sided. In Italian. Excellent condition, ...

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...

Autograph Happy Easter Card by Miguel Angel Ibartz to Silvio Perina. Barcelona, March 25th 1959. In Italian. Perfectly readable, excellent condition. Signed by Miguel and Maria Glo...

A Journey to Austria is the main content of this Autograph Letter by Fabrizio Clerici to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Bad Gastein...

Edition of 145 copies including 45 original coloured lithographs by Jean Lurçat. 3 of the lithographs are hand coloured by the artist. Copy on Grand Vélin à la forme des papeteries ...

A unique Merry Christmas Card Signed by Dino Grandi to the Countess Pecci- Blunt, written in English and Italian. Excellent conditions. Perfectly readable, original envelope included. St. Paul, Brasil, Christmas 1958. Dino Grandi (Mordano, 1895 - Bologna, 1988) Dino Grandi was an Italian politician and diplomat, who went down in history for the presentation of the homonymous agenda to the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943 which led to the dismissal of Benito Mussolini. He was foreign minister, minister of Grace and Justice and ambassador to London of the Kingdom of Italy. In 1943 Dino Grandi moved to Spain and Portugal, where he resided until 1948. The forties were particularly hard: in Portugal he gave repetitions of Latin while his wife worked as a milliner to survive. Luck returned in the 1950s when he had representative positions for Fiat. During the same period he was a regular consultant to the US authorities, in particular to the ambassador in Rome, Clare Boothe Luce...

Autograph Postcard Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso (Venice, 1907 - 1990) to the Capogrossi family. May, 11, 1955. Dated. In Italian On the front, a colored reproduction of Capogrossi'...

Disavventure Grafiche (Graphic Disadventures) is the main topic of this lot of Autographs Signed by Giuseppe Santomaso (Venice, 1907 - 1990) to Nesto Jacometti, written in Italian be...

La Tartaruga Gallery Catalogue is an original print in 1955. The artwork is designed for the exhibition of A.Raphael Mafai in La Tartaruga Gallery. Good conditions but aged with co...

S. addressed to her "Dear Friend", the Countess Pecci Blunt. Rome, November 28, 1951. 21.29 cm. Includes letter envelope 16.11.5 cm. Perfect state. Leonardo Sciascia describes him w...

L'Oeuvre Gravée - Correspondance between the French artist Édouard Pignon and Nesto Jacometti, his graphic art editor, written during the 1955 and composed of 2 items: Typewritten L...

Vintage and rare catalogue of the works exhibited by Hamaguchi at Berggruen Gallery in 1958. Includes reproduction of works and their descriptions. Language: French. Very good condit...

Capogrossi is the anastatic reprint edited by Edizioni del Cavallino in 1950, on the occasion of Capogrossi's first exhibition at the Galleria della Cometa in Rome. From the private collection of the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. With an affectionate handwritten dedication to the Countess from the artist himself, dated 18 January 1953 and signed "Capogrossi". Introduction by Corrado Cagli (1910-1976). In-8º, text in Italian. pp. 7 + 7 b/w full-page ill., cm 24 x 0,3 x 18,5, 1950s. Reprint of the previous edition by De Luca Editor. Low-cut biding and visible signs of aging on the paper. Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900 - 1972) was a famous Italian painter, especially known for the foundation of the so-called Scuola Romana ("Roman School"), together with Corrado Cagli and Emanuele Cavalli...

L.A.S. addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt. Fregari, April 8, 1955. 1p. 21x29 cm. With an envelope with a difficult-to-read stamp. 1p. 21x29 cm. Perfect conditions. Cover letter. The...

Interesting collection of 4 letters by Jean Dubuffet (2 hand written and 2 typescript) addressed to the swiss editor Nesto Jacometti. All of them are dated 1955. Very good conditions...

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Vittorio Rieti and Nicolas Nabokov, to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian and French. Rome, July 16th 1952. Excellent condition, ...

Take a look at this "Grand Pavois - Correspondence" between Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti. Composed of three items written in 1956, in French, per...

This is a set of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian, 1953. Excellent condition, includi...

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...

Original Title: Visite à Picasso. Un film de Paul Haesaerts. Prix International du documentaire au Festival d'Art Cinématographique de Venise, 1950. Direction, scenario and commentary by Paul Haesaerts. Spoken by Gérard Philipe...