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Lot of 3:
I. Gambini Bookplates
1920s

 

Three original, unused xilografia (woodcut) bookplates by Italian artist Ivanhoe Gambini. Gambini (1904 - 1992) was known primarily as an architect, ceramics decorator, and muralist. He joined the Futurist movement in 1928 and was one of the first artists to employ air-brushing as a creative technique. One of the bookplates is stamped "XILOGRAFIA I. Gambini" on the back.