«Roma mussoliniana»: a 1933 Lithograph by Giulio Cisari
Trucks, a crane and the Colosseum: Cisari prints the tail end of the Via dell’Impero works that reshaped Rome around the amphitheatre in 1932-33.
Prints and graphic art
Woodcuts, engravings and original prints, 1922–44.
A Dam Under Construction: a Lithograph Attributed to Giulio Cisari, and a Date That Doesn’t Fit
A construction-site print titled after the Santa Chiara dam in Sardinia — except the dam was finished nine years before the date on the print. We publish the discrepancy along with the image.
Portrait of Umberto di Savoia, attributed to Fausto Giorno (1933)
A synthetic Art Deco profile portrait of Crown Prince Umberto, signed Fausto Giorno — the pen name of the Futurist Tiburzio Notte, reconstructed by scholarship only in 2021.
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
«Ansia»: a 1935 woodcut by Attilio Giuliani
«Ansia», woodcut by Attilio Giuliani, 1935. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A storm at night on an Italian shore,