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Masters of Illustrations: Cereda Collection

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 04:00 PM • Rome

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Achille Beltrame

Legionary rite in honor of the fallen, 1937

Estimate

€ 500 - 1.000

Sold

€ 960

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

pencil, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard
32,5 x 46 cm
Original cover made by Beltrame for La Domenica Del Corriere n. 47 of 21 November 1937. << On a ridge facing the lines of the Spanish reds on the Aragon front, illuminated by searchlights, two banners appear in the night: the Italian one and the Spanish one. Between the two flags a rustic wooden cross. Under the ridge, the infantrymen present their weapons, while the brass bands quietly sing: "Cara al sol" and "Giovinezza". Meanwhile, on the hills the flames of improvised war areas are lit, without the Bolsheviks daring to disturb the moving ceremony. >> Holes for posting on the edges. Signed.