Harvard Art Museums > 23.2005: Black Shirts Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Black Shirts (Gino Sandri) , 23.2005,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/49546. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 23.2005 People Gino Sandri, Italian (Rossignlione, Genoa, Italy 1892 - 1959) Title Black Shirts Other Titles Original Language Title: Camicie Nere Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1921 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/49546 Physical Descriptions Technique Lithograph Dimensions stone: 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: lower margin, graphite, hand written: inscription by a former owner, Augusto Calabi: avuta dall' autore 1.VIII.22 [followed by several marks that Calabi's daughter-in-law says is his monogram] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Gino Sandri, Gift to Augusto Calabi, 1922. Augusto Calabi, Gift from the artist, 1922, Bequest to son. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan Object Number 23.2005 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary The print shows four of Mussolini's Black Shirts. Presumably this is an image incorporated in, or related to, Sandri's illustrations to "Fanciulli d'Italia" by A.V. Gentile, published in 1921. Two toughs, their cruel faces in profile, stand menacingly in front of two less hardened men, one young, one old, seen full-face. The artist's brilliant combination of pose and attitude, together with the vigorous patterning of the blocked-in black shirts and sketchy rendering of the rest of the forms, creates a singularly sophisticated image, which rises above caricature. This is a parallel to the far more famous tusche lithographs of Nolde and especially Grosz, which document parallel developments among the Germans to the north. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
