Alberto Man, Postcard, 1950s

This is an Autograph Postcard Signed by Alberto Burri to Nesto Jacometti. May 2nd 1950 On the front, a reproduction of “Le Portrait de Genyere F.G.” with the monogram B.A. Perfect conditions. In French. Greeting Postcard to the Italian artist of ''Catrami'' to the Swissh collector and editor of graphic art, Nesto jacometti. The background: Although he is only four years old in Rome, he is already known at the ''La Margherita'' gallery for his Bianchi and Catrami. The 1950s, however, is the year when he finds his expressive figure with his first ''Muffe and Gobbi'' and above all for his ''Sacchi'', which put him to the attention of critics. When the worn jute, the mends and the seams appeared, they scandalized: but their expressive power, in line with the current cultural, dominated by existentialist pessimism, soon made them a ''classics'' of art. Nesto Jacometti (Locarno, 1898- 1973) Nesto Jacometti is still today a fascinating figure of the Locarno and International cultural scene of the last century. Collector and editor of graphic art, he was the promoter of two important editorial projects and adventures: the Guilde Internationale de la Gravure and L’Oeuvre Gravée Born in Locarno at the end of the 19th century, at the age of 30 he left Ticino to move to Paris and immerse himself in the bohemian atmosphere of Montparnasse. The war forces him to return to Switzerland, to Geneva, where he works in the journalistic field and he knows figures as Albert Skira and Pierre Cailler. With the latter one a collaboration born and resulted, in 1949, in a printing guild: an edition of etchings and lithographs destined for a wide circulation of the Paris School. During all his life, Jacometti collaborates and involves artists such as Rufino Tamayo and Jean Lurçat, Antoni Clavé, Zao Wou-Ki, Alfred Manessier, Gustave Singier and Zoran Music. He was awarded at the Venice Biennale in 1953, with the Critics' Grand Prix.In 1955 Jacometti engaged in the new publishing initiative, L'Oeuvre Gravée, calling new prestigious names on the Parisian art scene. Many artists owe their initiation to the art of engraving to him: Marino Marini, Massimo Campigli, Zao Wou-Ki, Johnny Friedlaender, Corneille, Max Ernst and Alberto Magnelli.