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Cangiullo, Francesco

La Vedova allegra. 1914. Original drawing. Famous composition using humanized letters.

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Cangiullo, Francesco


La Vedova allegra. Eva.

1914.


39.5 x 27 cm. Black ink on 2 sheets of paper glued to each other.


Famous composition using humanized letters.


Inspired by operettas Eva and Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) by Franz Lehár, Cangiullo drew stylized silhouettes made up of letters and calligraphic signs. His characters are shown dancing above this caption:

“E questo filo che ci tien legate senza saperlo siamo innamorate (Eva).

Noi siam le signorine delle sere parigine Lolò, Dodò, Joujou, Froufrou, Krikri, Mini, Cloclò, Mardgo (La vedova allegra)"

(Translation: “And this thread that unwittingly binds us together we are in love (Eva).

We are the ladies of Parisian nights Lolò, Dodò, Joujou, Froufrou, Krikri, Mini, Cloclò, Mardgo

(The Merry Widow)”).

 

In late 1914, Cangiullo drew the paroliberist plate Le Coriste [The chorus girls], which repeats, in its upper part, the Eva composition. He sent it to Marinetti who enthusiastically exclaimed: “I talk about it every day”, and published it on 11 February 1915, in his manifesto Parole, Consonanti, Vocali, Numeri, in Libertà, with the indication: “Cangiullo, parolibero - Le Choriste” (Cangiullo, words-in-freedom - The Chorus Girls; p. 2, see lot 16; Le Choriste would also be reproduced in Roma Futurista to illustrate his manifesto Le Mobilier futuriste (Futurist furniture; III, No 71, 22 February 1920, p. 1) with the title “Planche motlibriste pour salle de bal” (Paroliberist plate for a ballroom).

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Cangiullo, Francesco


La Vedova allegra. Eva.

1914.


39,5 x 27 cm. Encre noire sur 2 feuilles de papier collées l’une à l’autre.


Célèbre composition en lettres humanisées.


S’inspirant des opérettes Eva et Die lustige Witwe (La Veuve joyeuse) de Franz Lehár, Cangiullo dessine des silhouettes stylisées constituées de lettres et de signes calligraphiques. Les personnages dansent au-dessus de cette légende :

"E questo filo che ci tien legate senza saperlo siamo innamorate (Eva).

Noi siam le signorine delle sere parigine Lolò, Dodò, Joujou, Froufrou, Krikri, Mini, Cloclò, Mardgo (La vedova allegra)"

(Traduction : "Et ce fil qui nous lie sans le savoir nous sommes amoureux (Eva).

Nous sommes les dames des soirées parisiennes Lolò, Dodò, Joujou, Froufrou, Krikri, Mini, Cloclò, Margot

(La veuve joyeuse)").

 

Fin 1914, Cangiullo dessine la planche motlibriste Le Coriste [Les Choristes], qui reprend, dans la partie supérieure, la composition Eva. Il l’envoie à Marinetti qui, enthousiaste, s’exclame : "J’en parle tous les jours", et la publie le 11 février 1915 dans son manifeste Parole, Consonanti, Vocali, Numeri, in Libertà, avec l’indication : "Cangiullo, parolibero – Le Choriste" (p. 2, voir lot 16; Le Choriste sera aussi reproduit dans Roma Futurista pour illustrer son manifeste Le Mobilier futuriste (III, n° 71, 22 février 1920, p. 1) avec le titre "Planche motlibriste pour salle de bal".

F.-T. Marinetti

Luce Marinetti, daughter of the artist (by descent)

Private collection (acquired from the former).


F.-T. Marinetti

Luce Marinetti, fille de l’artiste (par descendance)

Collection particulière (acquis auprès de la précédente).

A. Ansani, "Words-in-Freedom and Cangiullo’s Dancing Letters", in The Futurist Imagination. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1983, p. 50-59, voir cat. n° 7, 41-42 et n° 101c.

Francesco Cangiullo, Futurista dissidente, sous la dir. de V. Carpita, Livorno, Biblioteca Labronica F. D. Guerrazzi, Villa Fabbricotti, exposition 13 avril-9 juin 2019, p. 44.

G. Lista. Le futurisme, textes et manifestes 1909-1944., Champ Vallon, 2015, p. 857-858.

New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, The Futurist Imagination, 1983, p. 54, n° 41 (titré "Chorus Girls, I").

Venise, Palazzo Grassi, Futurismo & Futurismi, 1986, p. 149.

Hannover, Sprengel Museum, Der Lärm der Strasse. Italienischer Futurismus 1909-1918, 2001, p.182, n° 138.

Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Futurismo 1909-1944, 2001. p. 501.

Wien, Kunstforum, Futurismus. Radikale Avantgarde, 2003, ill. 52, cat. n° 52.

Milano, Fondazione Stelline, F.T. Marinetti = Futurismo, 2009, p. 188.

"La Vedova allegra, dated around 1915, is an ink study for Cangiullo’s tavola parolibera. Le Coriste (lot 6) appeared in the leaflet-specimen Parole consonanti vocali numeri in libertà (with parolibera by Marinetti, Govoni, Buzzi and Cangiullo) for the planned anthology I paroliberi futuristi, which, perhaps due to the imminent world war, was never published. The graphics of Le Coriste are reminiscent of drawings that Cangiullo would produce for his book Caffeconcerto, such as Parte 1ª N. 6 - ti dono il mio cuore." (Luigi Sansone, “Free verse and words in freedom”, preface of this sale).