Richard Bellies

The Flower Vase - Etching by Richard Bellies - 1950s

1950s

Homo Ludens is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1991. Hand-signed lower right in pencil, and titled lower center "Homo Ludens". Numbered lower left, from the edition of 50 prints. Good conditions. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. He has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 he is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...

Homo Ludens is a etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1991. Hand-signed lower right in pencil, and titled lower center "Homo Ludens". Numbered lower left, from the edition of 50 prints. Good conditions. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. He has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 he is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...

Homo Ludens is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1991. Hand-signed lower right in pencil, and titled lower center "Homo Ludens". Numbered lower left, from the edition of 50 prints. Good conditions. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. He has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 he is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others. In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years. In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings for Rinascita, weekly of the Italian communist party; Azione Sociale, weekly of ACLI Catholic Workers Association; movie posters, advertising for Gucci, some writings for Popular Photography...

Little Blue Birds is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published ...