Aeronautica Caproni Predappio: an aircraft works built where the Duce was born
Advertising sheet for Aeronautica Caproni Predappio S.A. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. An aircraft drawn as pure outline, flying […]
Interwar Italy 1922–44
Works, objects and printed matter from Italy between 1922 and 1944, documented from private archives.
Aeroplani Caproni, Milano-Taliedo: a bomber drawn in the moment of release
Advertising plate for Aeroplani Caproni S.A., Milano-Taliedo, signed «Gianpaolo». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A twin-engine bomber banks out
Lubricating oil for a war: the A.N.I.C. sheet signed C. Cremonesi, year XX
Advertising sheet for A.N.I.C. lubricating oil, signed «C. Cremonesi XX». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. One colour, one idea:
Micron IX: a Turin cinema projector on a magazine page
Microtecnica Torino, Micron IX — magazine advertisement. Scan from a period original, Stefano Vigolo collection. A cinema projector photographed on
Officine Galileo, «Strumenti astronomici»: a telescope on an advertising sheet
Officine Galileo, Strumenti astronomici — advertising sheet printed in blue. Scan from a period original, Stefano Vigolo collection. A telescope
A 1941 woodcut of the air war by Giuseppe Mainini
Woodcut signed and dated in the block «G. MAININI — 1941-XIX». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Bombers coming down
«In porto»: a 1929 woodcut by Luigi Servolini
Woodcut signed and dated in the block «1929 SERVOLINI». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. The bow of a moored
«Industrie italiane in linea»: the 1939 Piaggio woodcut by Daniele Fontana
Piaggio advertisement, woodcut of the same 1939 series. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A winged figure draws a bow;
«Per l’autarchia dell’acciaio»: the 1939 Ilva woodcut by Daniele Fontana
Ilva advertisement, woodcut signed D. Fontana, 1939. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A steelworks advertisement cut into wood: above