“Scarabeo Ercole” etching by Luigi Bartolini.
The sheet is H 235 x L 285 mm. The title is written in pencil at the bottom left. Edition in pencil at the lower center, it is 12 out of 50 copies. The signature in pencil is Luigi Bartolini on the lower right.
It is displayed at the National Institute of Graphics, Prints and Drawings Department, in Rome.
Luigi Bartolini (Cupramontana 1892 – Rome 1963), spent his youth among Rome, Siena and Florence, attending Academies of Fine Arts and staying for a long time in Galleries, Museums and Libraries. In 1914 he began to engrave in etching, in which he gained wide fame. Writer, painter and heated polemicist, poet, exuberant critic, he had conflicts that remained famous. In 1932 he won the highest prize shared with Morandi and Boccioni at the engraving exhibition in Florence. In 1935 he earned the Rome Quadrennial Award for the best etching artwork. In 1942 he obtained the prize at the Venice Biennale for his black and white technique. His paintings with large and sumptuous brushstrokes of color, of a lively immediacy, brought him to the fore among the most renowned artists.
Period: 1934
Measurements: In frame H 53.5 x W 63 x D 1 / Plate H 23.5 x W 28.5 cm
