Soldata D'Italia Temprato al Clima del Fascismo... [The soldier of Italy hardened by the climate of Fascism...]
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- Title : Soldata D'Italia Temprato al Clima del Fascismo... [The soldier of Italy hardened by the climate of Fascism...]
- Artist: Vittorio Pisani Artist
- Accession: XX1990.3670
- Country: Italy
- Date: 1930 1939 Emily Braun believes it to be 1935
- Dimensions: Inches 15-3/4 11-1/4 Dimensions, board and sheet, Centimeters 40.0 28.6 Dimensions, board and sheet
- Collection: Object
- Category: Paintings and Sculpture
- Collection Theme: War and Political Propaganda
- Subject: War/Military , Fascism , Colonialism , Commemoration , Propaganda , Graphic Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: XX1990.3670.JPG
- Tags: Colonialism~War and Political Propaganda~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Gouache and watercolor painting mounted to board depicting a soldier with bayonet standing over the skeleton of a dead soldier; gravestone at bottom left with the inscription "Adua 1° Marzo 1896"; image surrounded by border of intertwined plants and brief text at top and bottom of border; design for a postcard produced by Vittorio Boeri; propaganda to commemorate the defeat of the Italian colonial enterprise in Adua 1896.
