The Carousel

The Carousel is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1949 by the Italian artist Renzo Vespignani (Rome, 1924 - Rome, 2001). 

Original black ink and pen on ivory paper. 

Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the right corner in pencil: Vespignani 1949. 

Excellent conditions. 

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Very intense and beautiful neorealistic Italian subject depicting a carousel with children and sevreal figures in the foreground. The detail of the man that is leaning on the floor lamp. The charoscuro is very high but there is also a very high contrast between the figures and the background. 

The work has been realized by the Italian artist Renzo Vespignani.  Renzo Vespignani  (Rome, 1924 - 2001)   was a painter, printmaker and illustrator.  Among the others, h e illustrated the works of Boccaccio and Kafka. In 1956, he founded the magazine "Città Aperta"  ("City Opened")  and, in 1963 he co-founded the neorealism groupt "Il Pro e il Contro". He also  contributed to realize illustrations for political and literary journals. He also  participated in the Venice Biennale  four times.  A 1985 exhibition at the French Academy examined the rapport between Vespignani's work and that of Pier Paolo Pasolini.