The Cometa Gallery - Autograph

The Cometa Gallery  is a  Autograph Letters Signed by Alberto Ziveri   to the Countess Anna Letitia Pecci-Blunt , written in 1936 , in Italian.

One page, four-sided. In excellet condition, including original envelope. Rome, June 21st 1936.

Signed by Alberto Ziveri and Capogrossi

Alberto Ziveri (Rome,1908 – 1990), the Italian painter of the Roman school, author of urban landscapes and realist narrative scenes,  wrote this long autograph letter to thanks the Countess Pecci Blunt, his mentor and patron of arts, for her great mission: the Cometa Gallery  : "un luogo ormai conoscoiuto e riconosciuto, con un clima simpatico e accogliente". ( a place now known and recognized, with a nice and welcoming atmosphere).

This letter was written only one year before the foundation of La Cometa Gallery . This Roman gallery was opened in 1935 until 1938, by the Italian poet Libero de Libero and the Countess Pecci-Blunt. An internationl world in Rome was beeing born, in which artists and intellectuals like Afro, Mirko, Cagli Mafai, Guttuso and Capogrossi, Severini, Martini, Janni, Melli, Ziveri, Pirandello, Savinio  graviteted. At the sime time the Countess, best-known as "Mimì" organised literary presentations by writers like Cecchi, Moravia, Montale, lectures by Valéry and Mauriac; music night by Stravinskij, Petrassi, Milhaud, Honegger, Poulenc, Auric. 

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