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Giuseppe Scalarini
The French soldiers who died in Magenta and Solferino will parade in front of the King of Italy at the Longchamp magazine!, 1903 pencil and ink on yellow paper 50 x 32 cm Original illustration created by Scalarini in 1903 for the illustrated weekly magazine Merlin Cocai. "He is the most political of Italian caricaturists and perhaps in 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 get scared. Scalarini he is a caricaturist who will go down in history" (Emilio Zanzi). Provenance: Caramba collection (Luigi Sapelli). Slight creases, small tears and missing edges. Signed and dated.
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