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Period: Mid-20th Century
Letter from Louis Marcoussis - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
L.A.S. Rue Caulaincourt, Paris, November 3, 1935. (21x27 cm). Perfect conditions. In French. The wistfulness for the days spent at Marlia with the Countess (renewed by the photos tha...
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Orphist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Ink

Christmas Card by Andreina Pagnani - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
This Christmas Card by Andreina Pagnani is a wishing card (C.P.S. s.l.n.d.) to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Rome, December 23rd 1961. 12 x...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter to Contessa Pecci Blunt by Piero Sadun - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Letter to Contessa Pecci Blunt is an original manuscript realized by Piero Sadun in 1958. Original letter written by Piero Sadun to Contessa Pecci Blu...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Autograph Letter by Filippo de Pisis - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by de Pisis - "Love and Flowers" to Gaetano Chiurazzi. Venice, February 10th 1934. In Italian. With stamps and postmarks. Very good condition, with minor aging signs. Original envelope included. Perfectly readable, on ivory color paper and on letterhead "et spiritualis unctio". With autograph notes signed in blue ink at the end of the back, by an undefined author. An affectionate greeting letter written with a rapid calligraphy and in a cryptical way, with quotations understandable only within the friendship relationship between the poet-artist of "Loves and Flowers" and the Italian gallerist, Gaetano Chiurazzi (Naples,1899 - Rome,1967), best-known as "Tanino". 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...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

A Sale of Gentilini's Oil - Autograph Receipt by Countess Pecci Blunt - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
This is a private writing between the Countess and mentor, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt and the artist Franco Gentilini, after a sale of his artwork at the Rive Gauche Galery, Paris. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Invitation Letter by Franco Gentilini - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This is an Invitation Autograph Letter Signed by Franco Gentilini to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Not dated. Around 1950s. One page, single-sided. In Italian. In Excell...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino by Ugo Ojetti - T.L.S. - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - T.L.S. is a Typewritten Letter Signed by Ugo Ojetti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Florence, April 12, 1937. In Italian. One page, single-si...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Destiny - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Nückel - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Destiny is an original modern rare book including original woodcut prints by Otto Nückel (Cologne, 1888 – Cologne, 1955). Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1930. Original ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Cataloging Dalì
Located in Roma, IT
L.T.S. (Lettre dactylographiée signée) Typewritten Letter Signed by Albert Field, on letter headed paper with double heading, central “The Salvador Dalì Catalog”, top right “Compiler Albert Field, 20-25 29th Street, Astoria 5, N.Y.” addressed to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci -Blunt. Dated 8th March 1958. One page (27.8 x 21.5 cm). In English. Perfect condition with usual folds in the paper. With some pencil and blue ink notes by the Countess. With this letter, in formal terms and on headed paper, Albert Field, as official compiler of Dalì's work, asks to the Countess make the catalogue complete with some information concerning "Instrument masochiste" and "Ossification prèmature d'une gare", bought by the Countess in 1934. The background: While the Catalonian artist was exhibiting his work at the National Gallery in Washington, he commissioned to Albert Field the creation of his Official Catalogue of Graphic Works, a guide to the artist’s works for collectors, dealers, gallery owners and museums: an opus magnum encompassing 40 years of production and comprising 1900 illustrations, of which 1500 in color. Albert Field was Dalí’s official archivist, besides the topmost authority regarding the artist’s work, who discovered approximately 17 types of falsification, as he reported to the St. Petersburg Times in 1987. Therefore, the catalog had the function of uncovering false Dalís scattered throughout the world. Nevertheless, Dalí himself reacted to the falsification phenomenon by saying: “Someone who is subjected to forgery the way I am must really be fantastically good''. An eccentric genius like Dalí thus found a kindred spirit in Mr. Field, an English, science, and maths teacher, as well as collector of playing cards, who had a passion for nudism and rambling, and who combined all of his interests by climbing the Appalachian Trail completely naked. At the sight of “Dream of Venus...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Il Selvaggio, no.3-4- 1936 - Magazine - Engravings by Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, no.3-4- 1936 ", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", we find, in the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Etching

1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
1001 Afternoons in New York is an original modern rare book written by Ben Hecht (New York,1894 – New York, 1964) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 18...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Offset

Album - Rare Illustrated Book by Mino Maccari - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Album is an extraordinary collection of 30 linocut plates by Mino Maccari, each numbered and hand-signed by the artist. Issued in 89 copies. In-folio, 30 plates, cm 49 x 2.5 x 37, ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Thank you letter by Tommaso Buzzi - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The letter thanked Buzzi Countess Pecci Blunt for his visit to his studio in Milan, and communicates the end of the works of painting of his theater. Good conditions.
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Bestie del '900 - Rare Book Illustrated by Mino Maccari - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Bestie del '900 is an original modern rare book illustrated by Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989) and written by Aldo Palazzeschi in 1951. Original First Edition. Published b...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Linocut

The Freedom of the Seas - Vintage Exhibition Catalogue after G. Braque - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
The freedom of the seas (original title: La Liberté des Mets) is a vintage exhibition catalogue realized in 1960. Mixed colored offset and lithographs realized in the occasion of th...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Letter about Modigliani Exhibition by Palma Bucarelli - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Journal d’un Fantome - Rare Book Illustrated by Various Artists - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Journal d’un Fantome is an original modern rare book written by Philipppe Soupault (Chaville, 1897 – Paris, 1990) and illustrated by Various Artists (Brauner, Masson and Labisse) in ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Autograph Greeting Postcard Signed by Vittorio Rieti - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Greeting Postcard Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Rome, July 27th 1954. In Italian. Excellent c...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Card by Afro Basaldella - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Card Signed by Afro Basaldella to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Rome, 1950's (1958-1959). In 24°. In Italian. Excellent condition: ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Confidential Letter by the General of the Armies - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Confidential Letter by the General of the Armies, John Joseph Pershing to Cecil Charles Blunt. Typewritten Letter Signed. Washington, November 16th, 1920. One page, single-sided. In English. On letterhead paper "General of the Armies Washington". Excellent condition, including original envelope. Letter of apology sent to the Count Cecil Charles Blumentahal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York: "I reget very much that I was unable to see you while you were in Washington". John Joseph Pershing (Laclede, 1860 - Washington, 1948) John Joseph Pershing, best-known as "Black Jack", was an American general. He distinguished himself in the Spanish-American war for his courage and after a long and brilliant career in the Philippines and Mexico against the rebels of the two countries. Pershing led the US expedition in World War I and later served as chief of staff of the United States Army. for this reason he is considered the mentor of a generation of US generals who fought in World War II such as George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley James McNair, George Smith Patton and Douglas MacArthur. Like George Washington, he was the only soldier to obtain the highest US military rank, that of General of the Armies of the United States. Pershing was one of the first generals in history to be able to coordinate light infantry with twentieth-century war inventions such as tanks and armored cars for the great offensives during the punitive expedition to Mexico against Pancho Villa...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter Janez Bernik to Nesto Jacometti - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Letter written in German by the slovenian painter and graphic artist Javez Bernik to Nesto Jacometti.
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Set of 2 Autographs by Dino Grandi - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
This is a lot of 2 Autographs by Dino Grandi to the Countess A.L. Pecci- Blunt, composed of: Autograph Letter Signed. London, March 13th, 1937, XV. In Italian. One page, single-sided, on letterhead paper "Italian Embassy-4, Grosnevor Square, 1". Including original envelope. Autograph Greeting Letter Signed. Two pages, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Il Ministero degli Affari esteri". From the Italian Embassy of London and from the Monistero degli Affari Esteri, the Italian diplomat, Dino Grandi writes these greeting and thank-you letters to the Countess and Patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. These are hard times, during the Fascist period, as the Countess Pecci-Blunt writes in an autograph note attached "Epoca del ventennio", and how Dino Grandi refers. 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.During the second post war, he was a regular consultant to the US authorities, in particular to the ambassador in Rome, Clare Boothe Luce...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Apology Letter by Giuliano Balbino - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Apology Letter by Giuliano Balbino to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Rome, June 11, 1938 (from the stamps). One page, double-sided, on letterhead paper "Senato del Regno". On l...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Pair of Autograph Letters by Renato Guttuso - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
This set is composed of a pair of Autograph Letters Signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. In 8. In Italian. One page, One side. Signed and dated. On iv...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Letter Signed by Tristan Tzara - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter Signed by the Romanian and French avant-garde poet and artist, Tristan Tzara (Moinești, 1896 – Paris 1963) to the Swissh editor Nesto Ja...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter from Sandro Volta to Mino Maccari - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
S. written by Sandro Volta, editor-in-chief of the weekly "Oggi", addressed to Mino Maccari. Rome, April 27th XVII. 1p 21x29cm, on “Oggi. Direction and editorial staff ". Perfect state. Request for collaboration for the new publication. Having placed the seals on Leo Longanesi's Omnibus, because it was a magazine not aligned with the regime, the publisher Angelo Rizzoli devises a way not to waste the intelligence and wealth of professionalism that had made the newspaper a new way of doing journalism. He founded a new newspaper that looked at news, literature and history, namely the "Oggi", with the format and setting of the Omnibus, at the direction of which there were two new recruits: Arrigo Benedetti and Mario Pannunzio, who will become the most celebrated couple of Italian journalism. On June 3, 1939, the first issue of Oggi was published, a newspaper that will launch young writers who will reach international fame such as Elio Vittorini, Tommaso Landolfi, Ennio Flaiano, Elsa Morante...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Le Rose est Nue - Rare Book Illustrated by Max Ernst - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
On velin d’Arches. This copy contains 5 original etchings by Max Ernst. Original Blue cloth-covered card boards and slipcase. Perfect conditions. Edition: J. Hugues, Paris Format:...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Etching

Art of This Century - Rare Book Published by Peggy Guggenheim - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Art of this century. Objects - Drawings - Photographs - Paintings - Sculpture - Collages. 1910 to 1942. Edited by Peggy Guggenheim, New York 1942. Edition of 2500 copies. Edition: ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Il Selvaggio #1 -Art Magazine with Original woodcuts by Mino Maccari - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
"Il Selvaggio, no. 1- 1934", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", including original engravings by the artist Mino ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Woodcut

Il Selvaggio, No.5-6 1939 - Magazines -Engravings by Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, No.5-6 1939 " 10 Ottobre 1939-Anno-XVI", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and s...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Cataloging Dalì's work
Located in Roma, IT
L.T.S. (Lettre dactylographiée signée) Typewritten letter signed by Albert Field. Headed paper with double heading: in the center “The Salvador Dalì Catalog”, on the upper right “Compiler Albert Field, 20-25 29th Street, Astoria 5, N.Y.” addressed to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci - Blunt. Dated: 18th March 1958. One page, only front. In English. Very good conditions with usual folds in the paper and a rip on the higher left corner. Very interesting and amusing letter signed by Albert Field, the official compiler of Dalí’s work, for the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. A thank-you letter for her "prompt and informative reply" to the previous Field letter of the 8th March 1958. "I must play detective all the time, and of course while this irritates me as a scholar, it fascinates me at the same time". The background: The Surrealist Dalí commissioned to Albert Field the creation of his Official Catalogue of Graphic Works, a guide to the artist’s works for collectors, dealers, gallery owners and museums: an opus magnum encompassing 40 years of production and comprising 1900 illustrations, of which 1500 in color. Albert Field was Dalí’s official archivist, besides the topmost authority regarding the artist’s work, who discovered approximately 17 types of falsification, as he reported to the St. Petersburg Times in 1987. Therefore, the catalog had the function of uncovering false Dalís scattered throughout the world. Nevertheless, Dalí himself reacted to the falsification phenomenon by saying: “Someone who is subjected to forgery the way I am must really be fantastically good''. An eccentric genius like Dalí thus found a kindred spirit in Mr. Field, an English, science, and maths teacher, as well as collector of playing cards, who had a passion for nudism and rambling, and who combined all of his interests by climbing the Appalachian Trail completely naked. At the sight of “Dream of Venus...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Autographs Letter Signed by Nicolas Nabokov - 1962/1963
Located in Roma, IT
These are Autographs Letter Signed by Nicolas Nabokov to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. Paris, June 18th 1962 . On letterhead paper " Nicolas Nabokov , Paris" Rome, February 6th 1963. On letterhead paper " American Academy in Rome". In French. One page, sigle-sided. Excellent condition: As good as New. With original envelope included. The Russian-born composer never forgot to write to his mentor and patron of art A.L. Pecci Blunt, with each kind of request, mainly asking to meet her. Collect or present this unique pieces of the Russian master, as if it was a holy relic! Background: During the Fifties, Nicolas Nabokov became General Secretaryof the newly formed Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), backed by the CIA, and remained in the job for more than fifteen years, organizing music and cultural festivals, and was musical director of the American Academy in Rome (Villino Aurelia, Porta S. Pancrazio). Nicolas Nabokov (Russia 1903 –1978) The Russian-born composer and cultural figure, was the first cousin of the talented writer of "Speaks Memory", Vladimir Nabokov...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Erte, "Phi-Phi, décor fait pour les Bouffes-Parisiens", unique gouache
Located in Chatsworth, CA
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...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century More Art

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Gouache

Correspondance by Max Gubler - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
This Correspondance between Max Gubler and Nesto Jacometti, written in 1949, in French, is in excellent conditions and includes 3 items: Autograph Letter S...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Il Selvaggio no.2 - 1935 - Original Vintage Art Magazine
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of colored"Il Selvaggio, no.2- 1935", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Weekly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", we find, in the d...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Woodcut

Il Selvaggio no.5/6 by Mino Maccari - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
"Il Selvaggio, no.5-6- 1935", "Annual supporter subscription - Una Copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper of arts and science", including original woodcut prints by the artist Mino M...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Magazine Paper

Vita Americana (American Life) - Autograph Letter by Afro - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.75 X 19.75 Dated August 3, 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...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Il Selvaggio, No.1, 1938 - Magazine -Engravings by Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, No.1, 1938 " 15 Gennaio 1938-Anno-XV", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sc...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Set of Autographs by Dino Grandi - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Aladin - Correspondence by Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti - 1957/60
Located in Roma, IT
Take a look at this "Aladin - Correspondence" between Maurice Estève and Nesto Jacometti. Composed of 6 items written from 1957 to 1960, in French, perfectly readable. In excellent ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Business Card with Autograph Guido Piovene - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Business Card by Guido Piovene with Autograph notes in black ink. Venice, July 15th 1935. On a cardboard business card (cm 6.2 x 8.5). Excellent condition, perfecly readable, including the original envelope (cm 10.3 x 16.8). It is curious to note that the young journalist , Guido Piovene (Vicenza, 1907 - London, 1974), cancels the title of Count on this business card he sends to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. And Piovene adds heartfelt thanks and greetings by hand. The background: Four year before this correspondence, in 1931 Piovene published his first short stories in The Merry Widow, printed by the Buratti brothers. It took ten years for Piovene to publish his second work, Letters from a novice. But the Italian writer and journalist will be always remembered for his travel reportages: like "Viaggio in Italia" (1957), the most famous literary guide of the Bel Paese...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

A Study on Frederick II of Hohenstaufen - Autograph Postcard - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Poscard Signed by Mario Praz to the Countess Pecci Blunt. Rome, January 31st 1936. In Italian and English. Perfectly readable, very good condition except for minor aging signs. From Udine, the Italian critic of art and literature, Mario Praz sends this postcard to the Countess Pecci-Blunt, the patron of arts and the closed-friend of artists and intellectuals, reporting the title of the recommended book. "The Renessaince of Architecture in Southern Italy, a Study of Frederick II...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

The Voice of the City and Other Stories - Illustrations by G. Grosz - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
The Voice of the City and Other Stories is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1893 – Berlin, 1959) and written by O. Henr...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Colonna Rivista - Autograph Letter Signed by Alberto Savinio - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Colonna Rivista - A.L.S. is a Autograph Letter Signed by Alberto Savinio to the Countess A.L Pecci-Blunt. Milan, April 14th 1934. In Italian. One page, single-sided, on letterhead p...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Ungaretti - Futur Prix Nobel - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Alfredo Casella Autograph Letter - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Alfredo Casella Autograph Letter is an original manuscript by Alfredo Casella (25 July 1883 – 5 March 1947) an Italian composer, pianist and conductor...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Happy New Year Ungaretti's Autograph - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Il Selvaggio, No.9-10, 1936 - Magazines -Engravings by Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, No.9-10, 1936 " 15 Ottobre 1936-Anno-XIV", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Letter by Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Letter from Ottone Rosai addressed to Mino Maccari. Dated : 30 December 1940, Firenze. Dimensions: 23x14 cm. Good conditions, except a little missing parts lower left and in the mid...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter by Renato Guttuso About Falsifications - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Christmas Greeting Card by Renato Guttuso - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Christmas Greeting Card by Guttuso is an Autograph Signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci Blunt. Rome, November 1939. In Italian. O...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Letter of Greeting from Alberto Moravia to Countess Pecci-Blunt - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
Nesting, a facade. With its envelope. Greeting letter in which the writer communicates the countess the forthcoming publication of a new novel.
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

Autograph Letter Signed by Anita Loos - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Il Selvaggio, No.4-5 1940 - Magazines -Engravings by Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flipping through a few pages of " Il Selvaggio, No.4-5 1940 " 31 Dicembre 1940-Anno-XIX", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Etching

Tristan Tzara's Letter - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Dada Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Letter Signed by the Countess Pecci Blunt to Bruno Barilli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Collect this unique Autograph Letter Signed by the Countess Pecci Blunt to Bruno Barilli “International Rapprochements”, written in Italian at the middle o...
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Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper

Correspondence by Dino Grandi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This is a unique Correspondence Signed by Dino Grandi to the Countess Pecci- Blunt, written at the end of 1950's (1957-1958) Including 6 items, In Italian, in very good conditions. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

La Psychologie du Peuple Americain - Typewritten Speech by B. Fay - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century More Art

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Paper, Ink

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