Page 66 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013

NINO NANNI (1888-1969)
77 ● XVI FIERA DI MILANO. 1935.
39x271/2 inches, 99x70 cm. Pizzi & Pizio, Milan.
Condition B: repaired tears in margins and
image; creases, losses and abrasions in margins
and image; foxing at edges; sharp horizontal
creases; paper flag affixed to central image.
Mounted on very thin Japan.
Nanni is best known for his mannerist, Art
Deco postcards of stylishly dressed beautiful
women and young couples, yet, for his poster
work he could also channel the monumental
style so favored by the Italian regime in the
1930s. This is the second of two posters he
designed for the Milan Trade Fair; the first one
being a collaboration with Giorgio Abkasi in
1932. This poster has an older, Imperial
German flag tipped on. [500/750]
CORRADO MANCIOLI (1904-1958)
78 ● ALLIEVI SPECIALIZZATI. 1953.
39x27 1/2 inches, 99x70 cm. I.G.A.P., Rome.
Condition B: tape on verso along tears and losses
in margins and image; creases, abrasions and
losses along vertical and horizontal folds and in
margins and image; restored losses and staining
at edges. Paper.
An engineer turned graphic designer, Mancioli
specialized in posters promoting sporting events.
Here, in an attempt to have students voluntarily
enlist in the army, he depicts an allegorical
tank tread with a star as its axle, where each
steel plate highlights another technical branch
of the service. [1,000/1,500]
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