Publisher/Manufacturer: Atesa Grafica, Bologna Series title: Twelve Months of the Year
1979 Offset colour lithograph, featuring a reproduction of an engraving, in blue and brown on white wove Fabriano paper
441 x 347 mm. Gift: The artist 1979 / 1980
Part of a set of 12 lithographs, representing the months of the year, combining contemporary work by Luigi G. Mattei (b.1945) with seventeenth century engravings by Guiseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718). Developed from an idea by Giancarlo Roversi. From an edition of 299 sets. The prints are contained in a portfolio with an introduction, descriptive notes and a short biography of Guiseppe Maria Mitelli, all in Italian
Blue form and a man with two fish; Mattei and Mitelli, February. On the lower margin is a male figure by Mitelli reproduced eight times as a strip. The figure stands on one leg, holds a fish in each hand, has a bicycle moustache and wears a hat. On the floor is a chamber pot? and a griddle? Two fish, representing Pisces, are enclosed in a small circle. Above this strip is a chalk style flowing blue form drawn by Mattei. The form possibly represents a foot and lower leg. Text on image, 'FEBRARO', repeated eight times
