?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
GIOVANNI PATRONE (1904-1963)
5 DIAS / REX Y CONTI DI SAVOIA / "ITALIAN LINE." 1932.
38x24 1/4 inches, 96 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Barabino & Graeve, Genova. Condition B+: repaired tears, small replaced losses and restoration in margins; creases and restoration in image and along horizontal folds. Framed.
The Rex and the Conte de Savoia, the largest liners in the Italian Line fleet, were sister ships running the transatlantic route. Two years after her launch in 1932, the Rex captured the Blue Ribband, achieving the fastest Atlantic crossing to date. "Patrone was an active painter and poster designer in Genoa. In the years between the wars, he began to work primarily for shipping companies including Tirrenia, Italian Line, Lloyd Triestino and others" (Bolaffi p. 170). This streamlined image captures a handsome Art Deco profile of these two crown jewels of the Italian merchant marine and highlights the vessel's nautical route. This is the Spanish version. Weallans p. 136 (var).
