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Item Ships From: Italy
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...
Category
1950s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
LOVE Painting with Plastic Technique by Erika Baktay
By Erika Baktay
Located in Rome, IT
LOVE
From the "Thousand and One Nights" painting series, with individual plastic Technique, Erika Baktay.
Biography;
The paintings of Erika Baktay have long been admired by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Necklace With Cameo Depicting Vesuvius. Late 19th. Naples
Located in Firenze, IT
Necklace with cameo depicting Vesuvius.
Antique cameo, hand carved at the end of the 19th century.
Central cameo with filigree cast, size h cm 2.5, L 3cm.
Hand-engraved cameo on shell. Italian workmanship, typical of Naples and the areas around Vesuvius.
Similar cameos were sold to travelers, attracted by the archaeological areas of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Neapolitan area town Torre del Greco Torre del Greco near the main center of cammeos carving and coral processing, thanks to the skill of its fishermen and its artisans, who specialized in refined and original techniques
In excellent condition.
With antique chain with blue milk glass beads.
Necklace can be combined with similar earrings...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Italy - More Art
Materials
Glass, Intaglio
THE THRONES OF MYSTERY - Von Arx lithographic poster, 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Von Arx (Charles A. Nicol) was Great Nicholas' brother and himself a successful performer. Not wanting to exploit his brother Will's stage name, he used several stage names. Both Cha...
Category
1970s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Allegro Barbaro Painting with Plastic Technique, Erika Baktay
By Erika Baktay
Located in Rome, IT
"Allegro Barbaro " Homage to Bela Bartok the Famous Hungarian Composer.
Painting with individual plastic Technique, Erika Baktay.
Dimensions: with frame cm 150 x 150
Biography;
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Acrylic
Erté Poster - Offset Print - 1971
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Erté Poster is a vintagel offset poster about an exhibition of the famous alphabet realized by Erté in Marino gallery at Rome in Navona's square.
Edition...
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
The History of Japan
By Engelbert Kaempfer
Located in Roma, IT
The History of Japan. Giving an Account of the Ancient and Present State and Government of that Empire; of its Temples, Palaces, Castles and other Buildings...
Category
1720s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Der Golem. Prager Phantasien - Rare Book Illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag - 1916
Located in Roma, IT
Der Golem. Prager Phantasien is an original modern rare book written by Gustav Meyrink, pseudonym of Gustav Meyer (Wien, January 19, 1868 - Starnberg, December 4, 1932) and illustrated by Hugo Steiner-Prag (Prague, 1880 - New York, 1945) in 1916.
Original Edition.
300 numbered and signed copies.
Published by Kurt Wolff verlag, Leipzig.
Format: In Folio.
The book includes an original Portfolio with 25 Lithographs.
Mint conditions.
Hugo Steiner-Prag (Prague, 1880 - New York, 1945); he was an artist and illustrator. In his adolescence, he took private art lessons and was a member of Jung Prag, a group of young artists fascinated by mysticism. His formal artistic career began at age seventeen when he enrolled at the Prague Academy of the Arts, Prager Kunstakadmie, in 1897. He continued his education in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Königliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste. It was here Steiner added “Prag'' to his last name in recognition of his home city and to help distinguish his name from other artists. The Leo Baeck Institute has a vast collection of Steiner-Prag’s illustrations and personal mementos from throughout his entire career. Viewers can appreciate his beautifully drawn city scenes and mythical creatures, photographs, set designs, artistic instruments, and certificates of achievement. In 1916, Steiner-Prag illustrated Der Golem by Gustav Meyrink. The golem...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
DEAD NATURE WITH TRICOLOR - Serigraph signed Concetto Pozzati, Italy 197s
Located in Napoli, IT
Screenprint on mirror, engraved signature at lower right
Category
1970s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Mirror, Screen
Physiologie du Flaneur - Rare Book Illustrated by Honoré Daumier - 1841
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
Physiologie du Flaneur is an original modern rare book illustrated by Honoré Daumier (1808, Marseille, France — died February 11, 1879, Valmondois) and published in 1841.
Published ...
Category
1840s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Casa la Vita - Original Rare Book Illustrated by Alberto Savinio - 1943
By Alberto Savinio
Located in Roma, IT
Casa la Vita is a vintage book written and illustrated by Alberto Savinio (Athens, 25th August 1891 - Rome, 1952) in 1943.
Original First Edition.
Published by Bompiani, Milan.
Fo...
Category
1940s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
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...
Category
1960s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ertè - Exhibition Poster - Screen Print - 1971
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Ertè - Exhibition Poster is a vintage offset and screen print realized in 1971.
The artwork was realized in the occasion of the artist's exhibition held in Galleria Marino in Rome.
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Die Tapferen Zehntausend - Original Rare Book Illustrated by Max Slevogt - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Die tapferen Zehntausend is an original rare book written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and illustrated by Max Slevogt (Landshut, 8 October 1868 – Leinsweiler...
Category
1920s Symbolist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Christian Orthodox Alabaster Icon (Ethiopia) First half of 20th century
Located in Milan, IT
This stone icon depicts the Crucifixion at the top and Calvary at the bottom. At the foot of the Cross is Our Lady and St. John the Evangelist. The tormentor who flogs Jesus on his a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Italy - More Art
Materials
Intaglio
Alberto Giacometti Dessins - Lithographies - Eaux-fortes - Rare Book - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Alberto Giacometti Dessins - Lithographies - Eaux-fortes is the title of the artist's catalogue, written for the exhibition 31 May - 22 October 1986, at the Patrick Cramer Gallery, G...
Category
1980s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
Erté Poster - Offset Print - 1971
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Erté Poster is a vintagel offset poster about an exhibition of the famous alphabet realized by Erté in Marino gallery at Rome in Navona's square.
Edition...
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Autograph Postcard Signed by Virgilio Guzzi - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
This is a Autograph Postcard Signed by Virgilio Guzzi, addressed to Silvio Perina, the director of the C.I.M, Roman warehouses.
Rome, Christmas 1977. In Italian. Very good condition...
Category
1970s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lot of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti - 1940s
By Vittorio Rieti
Located in Roma, IT
A Night Walk – A.L.S. is a lot of 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Vittorio Rieti to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt, written in Italian during the year 1949. Excellent condition, includ...
Category
1950s Italy - More Art
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Christian Orthodox icon on panel (Ethiopia) First Half of 20th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Framed wooden icon with a depiction of a winged devil in chains in the center. This could be Lucifer, the rebel angel who fell from Heaven and became the prince of all demons and was...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Italy - More Art
Materials
Oil
Giovan Battista Piranesi in the Bicentenary of his Death - Offset Print - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage poster realized in occasion of the exhibition of Piranesi's Etchings at Galleria Marino Rome.
The exhibition was held in occasion of Piranesi's bicentenary of the death (177...
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Soleil bas - Rare Illustrated Book by André Masson - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 112 copies including 4 original etchings by the French artist André Masson.
This Copy on Verge d'Arches paper.
Edition: Galerie Simon, Paris
Pages: 15
Good condition.
Category
1920s Surrealist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
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...
Category
1950s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Maternité - Book with Etchings by Marc Chagall - 1926
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Maternité is an original Modern Rare book written by Marcel Arland (Varennes-sur-Amance, 1899 – Saint-Sauveur-sur-École, 1986) and illustrated by Marc Chagall (Lëzna, 1887 – Saint-Pa...
Category
1920s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
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.
...
Category
1950s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
Il Selvaggio #1 -Art Magazine with Original woodcuts by Mino Maccari - 1934
By Mino Maccari
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 ...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Pair of Autograph Letters by Renato Guttuso - 1938
By Renato Guttuso
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...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Giovanni Fattori Poster - Offset Print - 1978
By Giovanni Fattori
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized in occasion of exhibition of graphic works by Giovanni Fattori at Galleria Marino Rome, in the late 1970s.
Limited edition of 1000.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Nature Morte - Lithograph by Gino Severini - Mid-20th Century
By Gino Severini
Located in Roma, IT
Nature Morte is a joyful lithograph realized by the Italian Futurist artist Gino Severini.
Signed on plate on the lower right margin.
This original artwork representing a modern s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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 ...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Abstract Composition - Collage by Antonio Marasco - 1970s
By Antonio Marasco
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Antonio Marasco in the 1970s.
Mixed colored collage on paper
Hand signed on the lower right.
Includes a wooden frame: 48 x ...
Category
1970s Abstract Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Totò il buono - Rare Book Illustrated by Mino Maccari - 1943
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Totò il buono is an original modern rare book illustrated by Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989) and written by Cesare Zavattini in 1943.
Original Edition.
Published by Bompia...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
Il Selvaggio #1 no.3 -Art Magazine with Original Woodcuts by Mino Maccari - 1933
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
"Il Selvaggio, no.3 - 1933", "Annual supporter subscription - Una copia 40 Cent - Fortnightly Newspaper letters arts and sciences", including original woodcuts by the artist Mino Ma...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Meidosems
By Henri Michaux
Located in Roma, IT
First book illustrated by Michaux. Edition of 296 copies including 12 lithographs by Michaux. One of the 250 copies on Pur Fil Johannot. Original slipcase on beige cardboard and insi...
Category
1940s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Gesänge Gegen Bar - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1931
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Gesänge Gegen Bar is an original modern rare book written by Günther Schwenn (Berlin, 1903 - Geneva, 1991) and engraved by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in 1931.
Publis...
Category
1930s Expressionist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
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 ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
Der Findling - Rare Book Engraved by Ernst Barlach - 1922
By Ernst Barlach
Located in Roma, IT
Der Findlich is an original Rare Book illustrated by the Expressionist German artist Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938) in 1922.
Original First Edition.
Format: in 4°.
Published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
The book includes 77 pages and Twenty several full page woodcuts.
Mint conditions.
Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938), a German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer. His participation in the war made him change his position, and he is mostly known for his artworks protesting against the war. Barlach trained under French artists and produced Art Nouveau-style sculpture and works on paper, but at first unable to find success. This led to a trip to Russia where the artist began creating figurative sculptures inspired by early Gothic art, carving spiritual and emotional themes from hard-woods and bronze casts. Barlach's fame increased after the war, he received many awards and became a member of the prestigious Preußische Akademie der Künste ( Prussian Art Academy) in 1919. He was a supporter of the war in the years leading to World War I, he generated many anti-war sculptures...
Category
1920s Expressionist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
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...
Category
1930s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Roman master carver 17th century (II/II) Mirror Gold Italy Old master Wood Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pair of large oval-shaped baroque mirrors (II / II)
Roman master carver of the seventeenth century
Carved, lacquered and gilded wood
Antique mercury silvered glass mirror
92 x 76 cm.
(at the mirror 59 x 43 cm.)
We present this pair of prestigious oval-shaped mirrors (of which a second pair is also available, of excellent executive level, which interprets the period of the Italian Baroque in an exemplary way.
The works are in carved and gilded wood with a black lacquered background, richly decorated with a deep volute carving with particularly vigorous leaf motifs, coping and lateral ends embellished with cherub heads.
This type of boldly carved volute acanthus mirrors...
Category
17th Century Baroque Italy - More Art
Materials
Gold
Autographs by Nicolas Nabokov - 1960s
By Nicolas Nabokov
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.
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...
Category
1960s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
1001 Afternoons in New York - Rare Book illustrated by George Grosz - 1941
By George Grosz
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...
Category
1940s Expressionist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Rare Funeral Ritual Case
Located in Milano, IT
Exceptional and rare 17th-century Tibetan ritual tool case used in mortal rites. This artifact combines a leather frame with fine chiseled silver decoration, depicting sacred iconogr...
Category
17th Century Italy - More Art
Materials
Silver
Mythologies - Rare Book illustrated by André Masson - 1946
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Mythologies is an original Rare Book engraved by André Masson (Balagny, Oise, 1896 - Paris, 1987) in 1946.
Original Edition.
Published by Editions de la Revue Fontaine, Paris.
Fo...
Category
1940s Surrealist Italy - More Art
Materials
Photogravure
Mirò Album 19 - Vintage Catalogue of the Exhibition Sala Gaspar - 1963
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Includes 4 original lithographs by J. Mirò, one of which in double page. Vol in-4°. Original editorial cover on paper, with a lithograph by Mirò as wel...
Category
1960s Surrealist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
Picasso. Collection Bergengren, Lund - Catalogue by P. Picasso - 1957
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Original Title: Picasso. Collection Bergengren, Lund. Arrangeret af Kunstforeningen i København på Frederiksberg Rådhus.
Catalogue of Pablo Picasso's collection exhibited at the Malmö Museum from 28 September to 11 October 1957.
In-8º, text in French and Danish, pp. 80 + 37 b/w illustrations, 1957.
On the cover a reproduction of the color etching Woman...
Category
1950s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
The Swallow Charlot - Rare Book by Roberto Crippa, Raffaele Carrieri - 1957
By Roberto Crippa
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 108 copies of which ten out of commerce. This copy includes 5 original lithographs by Roberto Crippa. This poem by Raffaele Carrieri, translated in English by Roberto Sane...
Category
1950s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper
PRICE - Cagli's Autograph - The Pirandello's 90th birthday - 1936
By Corrado Cagli
Located in Roma, IT
A New Cagli's Autograph is a L.A.S.s.p.. Autograph Letter Signed and Dated by the Italian artist, Corrado Cagli (1910-1976) to the Countess and patron of arts, Anna Laetitia Pecci-Bl...
Category
1930s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
La Suite tout Nu - Etching by M. Chagall - 1948
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
From "Les Ames Mortes de Gogol", illustrated by Marc Chagall. Not signed (signed on plate).
Edition of 335 prints.
Excellent conditions.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
Category
1920s Surrealist Italy - More Art
Materials
Etching
Marco Tirelli - Vintage Exhibition Poster - 1995
By Marco Tirelli
Located in Roma, IT
Marco Tirelli -Poster is a vintage offset print.
The artwork was realized on the occasion of the artist's exhibition In Di Meo Gallery, Paris.
Good conditions.
Category
1990s Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Offset
Autograph Letter by Eduard Strauss - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Autograph Letter on visiting card by the Austrian composer Eduard Strauss (Vienna, 1835 - ib., 1916).
Letter addressed to a gentleman on personal matte...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Political Comics - Original Comic Strip by Alfredo Chiappori - 1977
By Alfredo Chiappori
Located in Roma, IT
Political Comics is an original drawing in China ink comics, realized by the Italian cartoonist Alfredo Chiappori.
Good conditions
Signed on the plate with the blue stamp of 'Archivio Paese Sera, 14 Apr 1977, on the rear.
Alfredo Chiappori (Lecco, 27 August 1943) was one of the important Italian designer and writer. After releasing several books with the publisher Feltrinelli, in 1975 Chiappori started a long collaboration as a cartoonist with the magazine Panorama. His collaborations also include the newspaper Corriere della Sera...
Category
1970s Italy - More Art
Materials
Ink
Comic Poems - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Cruikshank - 1830
By George Cruikshank
Located in Roma, IT
Comic Poems ("Seven illustrated books in one volume") is an original modern rare book illustrated by George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) in 1829/1830.
Published by Johnston, London.
Original First Edition. Seven books bound in one volume (Tom Thumb, The real Devil’s Walk, Monsieur Tonson, The March of intellect, The Devil’s Walk, Steamers v. Stages and The Epping Hunt).
Format: in 12°.
The book includes Fortyfive etchings and woodcuts.
Mint conditions.
George Cruikshank (London, 1792 - London, 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend di lui Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. For Charles Dickens, Cruikshank illustrated Sketches by Boz...
Category
1830s Modern Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Woodcut
Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Grosz - 1920
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Das Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse is an original modern rare book written by Wieland Herzfelde (Weggis 1896 – 1988) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 1823 - 1959, Berlin) in...
Category
1920s Expressionist Italy - More Art
Materials
Paper, Photogravure
Partitura di Joseph Beuys - 1971 - Joseph Beuys - Vintage Original Catalogue
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Roma, IT
Original Title: Partitura di Joseph Beuys: la rivoluzione siamo noi = A score by Joseph Beuys: we are the revolution.
Book-Interview by Achille Bonito Oliva.
In-4º, bilingual text ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Italy - More Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lacerba - Complete Collection - 69 issues
Located in Roma, IT
Original Magazine. Florence, (Printers: Tip. A. Vallecchi), Jan 1913-May 1915, 4°, (h. I: 350x250 mm: aa, II-III 370x270mm) 16 pp. per issue (8 in y. III) numbered progressively by year.
Complete collection (unbound) of the 69 issues of the famous fortnightly review (weekly in 1915) edited by Papini and Soffici.
Lacerba was an Italian literary review (fortnightly at first, then weekly) started by Giovanni Papini and Ardengo Soffici in 1913 In Florence. The title is taken from a 14th Century poem, Lacerba, by Cecco d’Ascoli, as well as the line, “Quinonsicantaal mondodellerane” (“Here we don’t sing to the world of frogs”), used as a slogan printed below the masthead. Many of the most famous futurists contributed to thereview,so that it became the principal vehicle for futurist ideas and graphics between 1913 and 1914. “The intensity of its presence, its luck and the range of its coverage, its polemical tone as well as the richness and scattershot breadth of its subject matter, its language and themes, and its articles and pictures, place it among Europe’s leading avant-garde publications alongside France’s Les Soirées de Paris, Germany’s Der Sturm and Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Futurist Italy - More Art
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Paper
Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi - Arabic Calligraphy
Located in Roma, IT
Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi - Arabic Calligraphy is a beautiful and precious manuscript with Islamic Sacred Verses in an ancient calligraphy style.
One page, one-sided, in Arabic, ...
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18th Century Italy - More Art
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Ink
Métiers des Hommes - Rare Book Illustrated by Kurt Seligmann - 1936
By Kurt Seligmann
Located in Roma, IT
Métiers des Hommes is an Original Rare book written by Pierre Courthion (1902-1988) and illustrated by Kurt Seligmann (Basel, 1900 - Middletown, 1961) in 1936.
Original Edition.
Pu...
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1920s Symbolist Italy - More Art
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Paper, Photogravure
