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Original Comic Arts & Illustrations

Thursday 09 May 2024 e Friday 10 May 2024, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Giuseppe Scalarini

The reconstruction of the bell tower of San Marco, 1903

Estimate

€ 250 - 450

Sold

€ 300

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

pencil, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard
42 x 34 cm
Original illustration created by Scalarini in 1903 for the illustrated weekly magazine Merlin Cocai. "He is the most political of Italian caricaturists and perhaps in the world. Synthesis is the basis of his thought and his cruel design. (...) His caricature is poison, it is death. Looking at these great works I get scared. Scalarini he is a caricaturist who will go down in history" (Emilio Zanzi). Provenance: Caramba collection (Luigi Sapelli). Vertical crease in the center, folds and small tears at the edges. Signed and dated.