Autograph Letter by Fabrizio Clerici

An Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici accompanies a beautiful b/w photographic portrait (cm 11 x 11) of the Italian artist in front of the writer Alberto Moravia (on the left).

This lot, in perfect condition, is mounted under passepartout, plexiglass, and gilded frame (cm 40.5 x 2 x 54.5).

The precious and unique piece, the Autograph Letter Signed by Fabrizio Clerici is addressed to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. April 4th, 1956.  Signed "Fabrizio". One page, single-sided. Cm 27.7 x 21.5. In Italian. Excellent condition, including original envelope. Perfectly readable thanks to an elegant calligraphy.

Touching thank-you letter for the pleasant evening spent together with the Countess, written during a succesfull period of the artist.

Fabrizio Clerici (Milan, 1913 - Rome, 1993)

The Italian painter, Fabrizio Clerici was a complex and eclectic artist and was also an architect, costume designer, scenographer and photographer. His artworks were exhibited in many museums in the United States, including the MoMA and the Guggenheim Museum, and in France, such as the Center Pompidou. His most renowned works are The Minotaur publicly accuses his mother, Sonno romano (1955); The Confessions of Palermo (1954); Minerva phlegraea (1956–57); Le Krak des Chevaliers (1968).

Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971)

 Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and  nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!