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€ 400 - 800
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€ 480
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pencil, ink and watercolor on thin cardboard
30 x 41 cm
Original illustration made by Scalarini in 1903 for the participation in the famous competition announced by Vittorio Alinari for the illustration of Dante's "Divine Comedy". << Canto Ninth; Girone Primo: Traitors of the relatives. >> "he is the most political of Italian caricaturists and perhaps of 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 am frightened. Scalarini is a caricaturist who will go down in history" (Emilio Zanzi). Provenance: Caramba collection (Luigi Sapelli). Posting holes in the margins. Signed and dated.
30 x 41 cm
Original illustration made by Scalarini in 1903 for the participation in the famous competition announced by Vittorio Alinari for the illustration of Dante's "Divine Comedy". << Canto Ninth; Girone Primo: Traitors of the relatives. >> "he is the most political of Italian caricaturists and perhaps of 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 am frightened. Scalarini is a caricaturist who will go down in history" (Emilio Zanzi). Provenance: Caramba collection (Luigi Sapelli). Posting holes in the margins. Signed and dated.
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