Luigi Bartolini, Women at the Fountain, Original Etching, 1950

Women at the Fountain is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Luigi Bartolini (1892-1963) in 1950. Black and white Etching. Hand-signed, titled and numbered ( 17/50 ) in pencil on the lower margin. Edition of 50 prints. Reference: 1951 C.A. Petrucci, Le incisioni di Luigi Bartolini, Calcografia Nazionale Romaa, n. 1056 (es. 6) 1952 L. Bartolini, Gli esemplari unici o rari, Editore Gherardo Casini Roma 1962 G. Ronci, Le incisioni di Luigi Bartolini, Calcografia Nazionale Roma, n. 1056 (es. 6) 1972 C. Barsanti, Catalogo ragionato dell’opera grafica di Luigi Bartolini, Galleria Marino Roma, n. 1214 Exhibitions 1950 Premio Celle Ligure per le Arti figurative (Premiata) 1951 Roma, VI Quadriennale d' Arte 1952 Roma, Galleria Chiurazzi 1952 Pisa, Sala delle Stagioni 1954 Roma, Galleria Chiurazzi 1954 Livorno, Bottega d' Arte 1956 Napoli, Galleria San Carlo 1962 Torino, Galleria Narciso Good conditions except for some light folds and stains. Luigi Bartolini (Cupramontana, Ancona, 1892 -Rome, 1963) was a famous Italian engraver, painter, and writer. Through his etchings, which often accompany his writings, the artist led a research on light and on the signs of expressionist intonation. Among the literary works: Ladri di Biciclette (1946); Il mezzano Alipio (1951); Racconti Scabrosi (1963). Only after World War I, he dedicated himself entirely to engraving, achieving his first success in 1932 at the Italian engraving exhibition in Florence. Etching, with him, became again an effective means of poetic expression. When he was young, he attended courses in literature and medicine in Rome, Siena, and Florence. He participated for the first time in the Venice Biennial in 1928. At the First and Second Quadriennale of Rome (1935 and 1939), he received the award for the best etching. He won another prize at the exhibition of Italian engraving at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in 1932. In 1942, he participated in the XXII Venice Biennial, where he won the first prize for engraving. His illustrations and etchings are preserved in museums like the Uffizi Gallery, National Gallery of London, Bibliothèque National of Paris, Calcografia Nazionale of Rome, and in various galleries of Rome, Milan, and Turin. Several illustrations realized by Bartolini appeared in important reviews: Il Bargello , Circoli , L’Italia Letteraria , Il Frontespizio , Il Selvaggio , Il Tevere , etc. A refined artwork by one of the most excellent Italian artists