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Mino Maccari
Sucking his Beard - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - 1960s

1960s

About the Item

Sucking his beard is an original colour print on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989),. Coloured woodcut on laid paper (cutting paper). With the incredible satiric and caustic touch of the illustrator of Il Selvaggio, this contemporray artwork depicts a circumstance of male libido: a woman sucks the beard of her beloved man under a starry sky, while she is smoking a cigarette. Despite the small size, this original Maccari’s print, in excellent condition, reveals the high quality of the graphique tecnique. Surely this contemporary artwork could enrich your private collectiuon with a Italian satiric touch and elegance! Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989) Mino Maccari was a popular Italian painter and engraver with a caustic personality, called in 1924 by Angiolo Bencini to collaborate as illustrator for the magazine Il Selvaggio, an admittedly intransigent fascist, revolutionary and anti-bourgeois magazine. Here Maccari published his first engravings. and after he took over the direction of the Savage which he held until 1942. In 1959, he became the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome; in 1963, he won Antonio Feltrinelli's prize for painting and became president of the San Luca Academy in 1962. In the same year of one of the biggest Italian accademic honour, Maccari managed to obtain a personal exhibition at Gallery 63 in New York. His production of drawings, watercolors, tempera, lithographs etc. is exhausted, sometimes in collaboration with prestigious publishing houses (Strapaese, Il selvaggio), of satirical, political or erotic subject matters.
  • Creator:
    Mino Maccari (1898 - 1989, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    1960s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.55 in (9 cm)Width: 5.52 in (14 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
  • Medium:
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1184391stDibs: LU65037939842
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