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Original Comic Arts & Illustrations

Saturday 07 May 2022, 11:00 AM • Rome

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Benito Jacovitti

Cartoline Alleati - Which is the man, which is the woman?, 1945

Estimate

€ 300 - 500

Sold

€ 1.920

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

pencil, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard
11,5 x 16,5 cm
Original illustration made by Jacovitti in 1945 at the request of the Military Command of the Allied Troops who had just arrived in Italy, with the aim of printing some illustrated postcards that the military could use to send their cheerful greetings to families at home. A very rare work that testifies to the immense skill and versatility of a 22-year-old Jacovitti. Signed with fishbone and dated.