Bidspirit auction | Afro Basaldella, Libero de Libero,

Afro Basaldella, Libero de Libero, Franco Gentilini, Mino Maccari, Fausto Pirandello, Domenico Purificato, Orfeo Tamburi - Afro Basaldella, Libero de Libero, Franco Gentilini, Mino Maccari, Fausto Pirandello, Domenico Purificato, Orfeo Tamburi - Ceramic table top, 1951. table with ceramic top on nitro-painted iron sheet base d cm 120, h cm 80 (including the base) The table top was created by several people for Luigi De Luca publisher: the scissors and the typographic characters refer to the profession. In the centre is the  Battistero di Gentilini, surrounded by a tondo by Maccari (above a drawing by Tamburi), a composition by Afro, a book with poetry by de Libero, figures by Pirandello, and a portrait of Purificato. The base of the table in nitro-painted iron sheet was made to a design and by the architect Valeria Sissa. PROVENANCE Rome, De Luca collection; Rome, private collection EXHIBITIONS Rome,   Sotto le stelle del '44 - Storia, Arte, Cultura dalla Guerra alla Liberazione, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, December 1994 - February 1995, cat. p. 160, col. ill.