Giovanni De Agostini
Sicily, 1939
16 ½ x 20 ½ in
42 x 52 cm
42 x 52 cm
IT3595
Charming pictorial map of Sicily from the larger 1939 'Artistic Edition' of Giovanni De Agostini's 'Imago Italiae' containing 19 pictorial maps of the provinces of Italy. The maps' English text...
Charming pictorial map of Sicily from the larger 1939 'Artistic Edition' of Giovanni De Agostini's 'Imago Italiae' containing 19 pictorial maps of the provinces of Italy. The maps' English text suggest that these volumes were published for the British or (more likely) American audience.
To produce these maps, De Agostini collaborated with Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline, a Russian illustrator, painter and ceramicist. Nicouline fled the Bolshevik Revolution to Istanbul where he met his wife. The couple travelled to Genoa, Italy and finally settled in Nervi, where he opened a studio and became a well-regarded artist.
Printed colour with gold and silver highlights. [IT3595]
To produce these maps, De Agostini collaborated with Vsevolod Petrovic Nicouline, a Russian illustrator, painter and ceramicist. Nicouline fled the Bolshevik Revolution to Istanbul where he met his wife. The couple travelled to Genoa, Italy and finally settled in Nervi, where he opened a studio and became a well-regarded artist.
Printed colour with gold and silver highlights. [IT3595]
