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Merrill C. Berman Collection
 

Drawings by Farfa (Vittorio Osvaldo Tommasini)

Untitled, c. 1933 (recto above; verso below)
Gouache and graphite on paper
14 1/4 x 11” (36 x 28 cm)

 

In 1933, Vittorio Osvaldo Tommasini (Italian, 1879–1964) published a volume of Futurist poetry entitled Noi miliardario della fantasia (We, the billionaires of fantasy), with typography by Enrico Prampolini and an introduction by F. T. Marinetti. The volume’s cover featured a photograph of the poet in an “aluminum lyrical helmet,” paired with his pseudonym—Farfa—arranged as a distinctive typographical monogram. The same monogram is stamped on the versos of the artist’s three aeropittura-related drawings shown here.

 

Untitled, c. 1933 (recto above; verso below)
Gouache and graphite on paper
16 3/8 x 11 1/4” (41.5 x 28.5 cm)

 

Untitled, c. 1933 (recto above; verso below)
Gouache and graphite on paper
15 1/8 x 10 1/4” (38.5 x 26 cm)

 

September 23, 2025

Merrill C. Berman Collection

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