On S'Amuse

On S'Amuse   is an original artwork realized in  1945  by  Mino Maccari .

Original colored xylograph.

Includes a passepartout: 49 x 33.5 cm.

Good conditions, except for the yellowed paper due to its age and some foxings.

This beautiful print represents the trim cover of the  volume  On s'amuse: 16 gravures en bois par Jean Barbe   published by Documento, Rome.

In 1945, Mino Maccari published a folder containing 16 linoleums with a strongly erotic subject matter, titled  On s' amuse! . Because of the scandalous subject for the time, he signed with the pseudonym of Jean Barbe . The circulation is of 300 copies, 40 "before letter", numbered in Roman numerals, hand-painted by Maccari himself and signed by him "J.B.".

Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989) was an artist, painter, engraver, writer and journalist. He was a leading figure in twentieth-century Italian culture. He lived and worked in contact with the major Italian artists and intellectuals of the period, such as Malaparte, Soffici, Rosai, Longanesi, Pannunzio, Morandi, and many others. He was a prolific artist, remembered above all for being the satirical illustrator of  Il Selvaggio .

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