Pirelli Tires

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  • Author: P. Codognato
  • Year: 1932
  • Size: 26.7” x 18.9”
  • Technique: lithography on tin, double face
  • Conditions: B
  • Price range: C

Description

Iconic depiction of a young “figlio della lupa” who joyfully advances on his bike, confident in a glorious national future. This is one of at least three editions of the lithographed tin with, one of them for the french market. Printing by De Andreis Casanova’s plant in Sampierdarena. The specimen has some defects, the main one is a halo of chromatic alteration in the upper right part due to the superimposition of nitro paint and deliberately left by the restoration work carried out. a special frame could be provided by our framer The same image was used for the paper poster, see. L. Menegazzi, Il manifesto italiano, Electa 1995, p.34.