Rif: 69799

CAMPIGLI, Massimo (Berlino, 1895 - Saint-Tropez, 1971)La casa degli idoli

Roma,  Salamon e Tonini Editori 1981 - Tiratura di 300+CXXV+25 (A-Z) esemplari numerati e firmati (Edition of 300+CXXV+25 (A-Z) numbered and signed copies)

Etching on ochre paper belonging to the series pulled in 1981 for the first portfolio of ''Le memorie di Casanova'' with texts by Italo Calvino. The work was exhibited from 15 October 2023 to 7 April 2024, at the Loggia degli Abati in Palazzo Ducale during the exhibition "Calvino cantafavole", curated by Eloisa Morra and Luca Scarlini as part of the cultural initiatives of Genoa, Italian Book Capital 2023 and the Celebrations for the centenary of his birth, coordinated by the Committee set up for the occasion by the Ministry of Culture and chaired by Giovanna Calvino. The work is also reproduced in the exhibition catalogue 'Calvino cantafavole' (Electa, 2023)

Artist's signature impressed in print. Paper Mulino del Gallo. Printer Franco Sciardelli, Milan

Cm 32x24,7 (Foglio 50x35) Perfetto (Mint)
[Rif. Meloni Francesco e Tavola Luigi, Campigli. Catalogo ragionato dell'opera grafica 1930-1969. Livorno, Graphis, 1995]


The plate was engraved in 1965: a few proofs, some of which were signed, were pulled by Grafica Romero in Rome. The original edition pulled in 1965 by Grafica Romero in Rome consisted of a few copies, mostly unnumbered and unsigned.

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