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pencil and ink on thin cardboard
43 x 33,5 cm
Original illustration made by Scalarini in 1903 for the illustrated weekly Merlin Cocai. << I deal, with painting, with the great problems of philosophy. Here for example: The union of science and religion. "he is the most political of the 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). Slight creases at the edges. Signed and dated.
43 x 33,5 cm
Original illustration made by Scalarini in 1903 for the illustrated weekly Merlin Cocai. << I deal, with painting, with the great problems of philosophy. Here for example: The union of science and religion. "he is the most political of the 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). Slight creases at the edges. Signed and dated.
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