Ichikawa Ebizo V is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825–75) in 1848. Woodcut Print Chuban format, 1848 from the series “Chuko junigetsu no uchi” (Lore to the loyal vassals in 12 monthly pictures), the 5th month. Half-length portrait with fan of the actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as the samurai Akeshi Mitsuhide and commander of Oda Nobunaga, in the Jidaimono play Ehon Taikoki. Signature Hirosada. Wood engraving. Excellent impression with glossy black printing (staffs of the fan), blind printing (coat of arms), bokashi, backed, a little bit soiled, margins partly cut. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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Landscape is a lithograph attributed to Nicholas Verrall in the 1980s. Hand-signed. Numbered, Edition, 9/99. Very Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through harmonious colors in a well-balanced composition.

Liberty is an original lithograph on paper realized by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi in 1989. Original lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner: B.Craxi . Artist’s Proof. On the lower left corner: P.A. in pencil is written. Very Good conditions. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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Trembles au bord de la Seine is an Etching and Drypoint realized by an anonymous artist in The 19th Century. Edition for ‘Gazette des Beaux-Arts’, inscribed on plate. Beraldi, no. 218. Fine impression on laid paper with watermark. Glued in two places on modern support. Very good condition.

Abstract Composition is an original etching realized by Eugenio Carmi in 1987. Good conditions Numbered. Edition, VIII/XXXV. The artwork is depicted in a well-balanced composition. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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In the Stable is an original Lithograph realized in the 1880 Century by Luigi Gioli. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through perfect hatching in a well-balanced composition. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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Mimasu daigoro iv is an original modern artwork realized by utagawa hirosada (japanese, active 1825–75) in 1851. Original woodcut chuban dyptich, 1851. Mimasu daigoro iv in the role of the money lender namiki shozo and nakamura utaemon iv in the role of danshichi mohei in the play yadonashi danshichi shigure no karakasa. Signed hirosada. Excellent impression with visible baren printing lines and wood grain, blind printing (cherry blossoms in namiki’s robe), backed, cut, few wormholes, a little bit faded and rubbed, few stains. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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Un Viale di Alberi Diversi (A driveway of different trees) is an original screen print realized by Bruno Munari in 1980s. Very good condition on a white cardboard, no signature. The artwork represents some kind of trees with their name down, with a big rainbow. Bruno Munari (October 24, 1907 in Milan – September 30, 1998 in Milan) was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor who contributed fundamentals to many fields of visual arts (painting, sculpture, film, industrial design, graphic design) in modernism, futurism, and concrete art, and in non-visual arts (literature, poetry) with his research on games, didactic method, movement, tactile learning, kinesthetic learning, and creativity. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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Olympic Connections, Olympic Games Beijing 2008 is an original lithography print realized by Pier Augusto Breccia. This artwork is from the portfolio The Unique Collection for the Olympic Fine Arts 2008 presented during the Olympic Games and produced in 260 copies as the only official artistic product of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Each artwork of this portfolio is recognizable by the official stamp of the Olympic Organising Committee. Hand-signed on the lower right, Numbered on the lower left, edition of 18/260 prints. Excellent conditions. Per Augusto Breccia was born in Trento (Italy), on April 12, 1943, the son of Elsa Faini of Trento and Angelo Breccia of Porano (Orvieto). Since 1948 he has lived in Rome, where he has pursued the full curriculum of studies. The father was a surgeon; his mother, a hospital operating room chief nurse. from a surgical point of view, “the operating theatre was his nursery”. In his adolescence, his surgical “predestination” was in a certain way in contrast to his particular inclination toward the humanistic world. During his 14th and 15th years, fascinated by Dante, he studied with passion, by himself, the Divine Comedy, learning to appreciate the artistic, universal contents beyond the allegoric representations. At 16, upon entering classic high school, he discovered the glamour of the ancient Greek world. On his own initiative, he translated in blank endecasyllabics (published by Signorelli Ed.) Sofocle’s “Antigone” and the “Tied Prometheus” by Aeschilus. He also translated the Plato “ Dialogues” and through these came to know Socrates who was to be a great teacher for him . At 18, he graduated from high school at the “Giulio Cesare” Lyceum of Rome, distinguishing himself among the best students of Italy. In 1961 he enrolled in the Faculty of Medicine at the Catholic University of Rome, the same year of its inauguration. In July, 1967, for his brilliant curriculum , he was selected to receive the first Medical Degree of the new Faculty with the highest marks and honours (cum laude). Following this, he dedicated his entire interest to heart-surgery, frequenting at different times the Center for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Karolinska Sjukhuset in Stockholm (directed by V.O.Bjork), and working at the Catholic University in Rome (A.Gemelli Policlinic) until he reached the qualification of Associate Professor and Chief Heart Surgeon in 1979. During this period he performed over one thousand open-heart operations and had more than fifty major papers published on important national and international scientific magazines. His father had died in 1978. In 1977 he discovered, in a most casual way, his capacity for design which he never knew or thought he possessed. Fascinated by his instantaneous skill, he practiced drawing for about two years, copying a little bit of everything. Then, suddenly, overbearingly and dramatically, in 1979, the humanistic vocation of youth, matured by the human experience of almost 20 years of medical surgical life, re-emerged under the crust and broke open. In two years, he prepared his “opera prima” Oltreomega (Beyond Omega) presented in October 1981 by the famous Italian Critic and Poet Cesare Vivaldi (Director of the Fine Art Academy of Rome). The work was received with extraordinary acclaim by the critic and by the public. During the years following, with increasing acclaim, he held new exhibitions in many cities in Italy and outside his country (“Choral Monologue”, “The concrete shapes of Non-existent”, “The Semantic of Silence”, etc.). His new involvement as an artist became so consuming that, in August, 1983, Breccia took a leave of absence from his surgical position. In February, 1984, he wrote a book (“The Eternal Mortal” – Publ,De Luca – Rome) which expresses his original artistic/cultural position in the art-world and his aesthetic philosophy. In January and February of 1985, Breccia’s painting was presented for the first time in New York at Gucci Galleria and at Arras Gallery with great success. In April, 1985, he resigned his position as a surgeon and moved to New York to pursue his artistic experience in USA. He lived and worked in New York for the next 11 years, showing his works, through Arras Gallery, in other American and European cities ( Zurich,Columbus, Santa Fe, Miami, Houston) with growing success. In 1992 he wrote a monumental book (“Animus-Anima”- Vita e Pensiero Publ. – Milan) where he collected 500 images of his paintings and developed, through a deep analysis of their language, a clear vision of what he would have named (in 2004) “Hermeneutic painting”. In 1996 he decided to go back to his country to pursue his cultural engagement in Europe through State and Museum Exhibitions. In 1999 he wrote another important book (“The suspended language of the Selfconsciousness” – Publ. Di Renzo – Rome), and in 2004 he published the Manifesto of his “Hermeneutics” (“Introduction to Hermeneutic painting”) Since 1996 he lives and works in Rome. Among his public exhibitions during this period, a special mention is due to his Retrospectives at Palazzo dei Papi (Viterbo -1997), Palazzo dei Sette (Orvieto- 2000 and 2007), Museo del Vittoriano (Roma – 2003), Museo di Palazzo Ziino (Palermo- 2004), Italian Cultural Institute (Bruxelles – 2004) , Archivio di Stato (Firenze – 2005), Museo di Palazzo Venezia (Roma – 2007). So far Breccia held 53 one-man-shows. About seven hundreds of his works have been purchased by Collectors all over the world, and his web-site has been visited by over two hundred thousand people in the last six months. Because of his very personal style and his original philosophy, he is actually considered and recognized as the “father” of “Hermeneutic Painting”. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

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The Dog is an original lithograph realized by Giuseppe Viviani in 1961. Good conditions. Edition of 170. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced composition and harmonious colors. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity

issues arising from misattribution