Name: Morte – La tragedia della forza, from: Misteri
Brand: ALBERTO MARTINI (1876-1954)
Price: 1300.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

ALBERTO MARTINI (1876-1954)
Morte – La tragedia della forza, from: Misteri
lithograph, 1914, on cream simili Japan paper, signed, titled, inscribed Misteri and numbered 43/50, from the portfolio of six lithographs published in 1915, the full sheet, tiny moisture stains at the upper and lower right sheet corners, generally in very good condition
Image 540 x 426 mm., Sheet 659 x 488 mm.

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Lot Essay

Alberto Martini was a painter, printmaker and illustrator from the Veneto in Northern Italy. He spend much of his working life illustrating literary texts, including Dante's Divine Comedy but also Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare, Verlaine and Rilke. His bizarre and often macabre imagery makes him an important precursor of Surrealism.
This large, partially decomposed head, seemingly illuminated from inside and behind, is one of the most impressive and frightening faces of Death in this collection.