Graphics

Items and containers in the Museum linked to the history of graphics.

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Dixan, the laundry detergent.

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Food preserves.

La camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

I did not know I would be amassing so many. I started with the idea of documenting the habit of making use of cans (or rather, the use of ‘latte’, as we were used to call them if they had a capacity of 5 kilograms and upwards).

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

La camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

La camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

After the war, the Alpino trooper drops his rifle and picks up the rope. A sign of peace.

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

Una scatola della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

La porta della camera delle scatole (20th Century) by Ettore GuatelliMuseo Ettore Guatelli

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Text by Mario Turci.

English translation by Anna Giulia Compagnoni.

We would like to thank Patrick Leech and Anna Giulia Compagnoni (University of Bologna), Jessica Anelli, Mauro Davoli, Monica Citti.

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