Henri-Horace Roland de la Porte

“Still Life” Poster. Copyright 1970 New York Society Ltd.

1970

JAMES PEALE (American, 1749-1831) Poster 23.25 x 29.25 in. Unframed Copyright 1974 New York Graphic Society, Ltd. Printed in USA. Fair Condition-indentation/discoloration (primaril...

JAMES PEALE (American, 1749-1831) Poster 22.75 x 31 in. Unframed 1956 Copyright New York Graphic Society, Ltd. Printed in Switzerland. Fair/Distressed Condition-indentation, disc...

Still Life is an original colored lithography artwork ivory-colored paper, realized by Italian artist Raffaello Piraino (1938). Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered on the lower left in pencil, edition of 60/90 prints. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. The artwork represents objects in a well-balanced composition, with colorful background. The artist's efforts indicate the perfect applying of aesthetic features. "Raffaello Piraino he began teaching mosaic technique at the Art Institute of Monreale, He has to master painters like Pippo Rizzo and Eustachio Catalano, in Salzburg he attended a lithographic technique over and in 1963 he founded in Palermo the Art Gallery at the Borgo with adjoining intaglio printing and lithography. That activity lasts twenty years and it is for the artist an important vehicle for its artistic and cultural training. For Recos publisher of Thessaloniki illustrates the Iliad and the Odyssey and publishes numerous folders of etchings and lithographs accompanied by texts by Nello Ponente, Alfonso Gatto Leonardo Sciascia and Tono Zancanaro. In 1977, the opera Teatro Massimo of Palermo Institution calls him to design the sets and costumes of comic opera Les Mamelles de Tirésias of Poulanc. The success opens the doors to other theatrical achievements, film and television. He draws for the Teatro Biondo in Palermo the costumes for Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. In those years he begins collecting artifacts...

Still Life is an original vintage offset print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini ( Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwor...