Le Coup de Canon - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917 1917

Image dimensions: 13 x 8.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Anselmo Bucci was an Italian painter and printmaker. He took part in the Salon des Indépendants from 1910 on. He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exponents. In ''Pane e Luna'', his biography, he wrote: «Siamo fucilieri dell’ottavo plotone, a guardia notturna del Forte Trimellone e del lacustre Fronte. Tra noi buoni compagnoni sono i chiari Futuristi; altri oscuri per un oscuro compito». In the series ''Croquis du Front Italien'' that includes 50 drypoints, Bucci describes scenes of the Italian front in the First World War. During the war, in his battalion there were Marinetti, Boccioni and Sant'Elia. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork.