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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VITTORIO GRASSI (1878-1955)
TAORMINA. 1933.
39x24 inches, 99x61 cm. I.G.A.P., Rome. Condition B: creases and abrasions in margins, image, and along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.
Grassi was a "self-taught painter. . . active in the field of illustration and stained glass, he also decorated a part of the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. In advertising posters, he distinguished himself with representations of landscapes and cars, with an unmistakable graphic cut and richness of chromatic contrast" (Bolaffi p. 106). Here, he presents the large, ancient Greek amphitheater located in the Sicilian commune of Taormina, above the Ionian sea, with a view of Mount Etna in the distance. Travel Italia p. 138.
