Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly  is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist and photographer  Angelo Cricchi  in 2010.

Digital print from negative film 6x6.

Hand-signed , dated, and numbered on the back of the photo. The stamp of the photographer is also present on the back.

The photo is an edition of 5 unique specimens and is part of the series Gloomy Sunday  realized by the artist in the 2000s.

This portrait represents an oriental woman in a traditional elegant Japanese kimono screaming under cherry trees. The artwork draws inspiration from the play written by Giacomo Puccini with the libretto by Illica and Giacosa, based on the story of " Madama Butterfly " written in 1898 by John Luther Long. The story is about a Japanese geisha who was seduced and then abandoned. She committed suicide by stabbing herself in the neck.