Original Illustrations: From the Early 1900s to the Present Day
Monday 20 April 2026, 02:30 PM • Milan
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SALE 354
Auction details
The catalogue begins with a section dedicated to "wartime" illustration, featuring major artists such as Mario Sironi, Antonio Rubino, Giove Toppi, Filiberto Mateldi, and Giuseppe Scalarini.
We then move on to the great illustrators of the second half of the 20th century, including Milton Glaser, Federico Fellini, Guido Buzzelli, Walter Molino, Raymond Peynet, Ferenc Pintér, Libico Maraja, and Lorenzo Mattotti.
A rich catalogue ready to satisfy every type of collector, divided into thematic sections for easy reference:
Lots 1–90: Illustration in Wartime
Lots 91–254: 20th-Century Illustrators
SESSION
Exhibition
20 AprilFrom 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
(Lots will also be on display during the auction)
Milan/ Via dei Bossi, 2
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Auction commissions, calculated on the hammer price of each lot, will be 20%
Conditions of Sale
Finarte consolidates and renews its collaboration with Urania Casa d’Aste by preparing in synergy the next auction dedicated entirely to the original Tables and Illustrations by the great masters of comics.
The sale will take place in October in the prestigious Roman headquarters of Finarte, for which our experts are selecting works from the early 1900s to today, ranging from Disney tables to superheroes Made in USA, from great international masters to erotic tables, from illustrations of the early twentieth century to the cinematographic sketches.
The works will be presented in the catalog with an accurate historical-critical filing, which tends to present and enhance the individual lots in the best possible way to ensure their visibility and the best sales result. The auction will be preceded by an exhibition in Rome, to offer collectors the opportunity to carefully examine all the lots, presented and enhanced by the splendid setting of our exhibition site.