La peste, il sospetto, la colonna infame

La peste, il sospetto, la colonna infame,  is a wonderful black and white lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist Bruno Caruso and published in 1985 by Franco Sciardelli.

An Illustration for "La Storia della Colonna Infame" by Alessandro Manzoni.

Signed, titled, dated o n plate on lower margin.

Interesting original print with the unmistakable Italian master Caruso's sign, in excellent conditions, absolutely to collect!

Bruno Caruso (Palermo, 1927 - Rome, 2018)
The Italian painter, draftsman, engraver, writer, is known in Italy and abroad, from France to the United States.
His attention has always focused on the ethical and civil aspects of man, from the hottest themes of his native land (Sicily) to the most global ones, such as war, mental hospitals, nature.

Interested in the world of publishing, journalism and photography, over the course of his life he has collaborated with various Italian newspapers to found himself intellectual magazines, such as "Sicilia" in 1953. His active participation in the magazine has been famous since the 1960s Time. He has known and collaborated with famous artists at national and international level, from Leonardo Sciascia to photographer Brassaï, his dear friends. Numerous awards have been received over the years in Italy and abroad: in 2001 he received the gold culture medal from the President of the Republic and the following year the Archimede Award for the most illustrious Sicilians in the world. The University of Palermo awarded him an honorary degree in Literature and Philosophy in 1986.