A Loving Hunt. Italian Interbellum Art in the Iannaccone Collection

A precious collection of paintings and sculptures that tells the story of Italian art between 1928 and 1945.
The years between the world wars in Italy were a stimulating period that, in addition to the already established great masters such as Morandi, Carrà, de Chirico and Severini, also saw the emergence of an array of young artists, capable of presenting an alternative aesthetics of international scope.
This body of works, which is conspicuous also in quantitative terms, is a significant presence on the international cultural panorama.
Key Sales Information - Aim of this book is giving the art of the 1930s and 1940s back the attention and dignity it deserves, bringing some supreme works back to light and showing them in conjunction with works that are only apparently minor, but which have been ignored for decades.
- Among the artists: Renato Guttuso, Aligi Sassu, Carlo Levi, Umberto Lilloni, Filippo De Pisis, Ottone Rosai.
Authors Claudia Gian Ferrari is an Italian art critic and a gallerist.
Elena Pontiggia is Professor of Art History at the Accademia di Brera, a curator and an essayist.