Scope and Contents ItInternet:Italian artist Enrico Cervelli (1927-1961)is best remembered now for being Artistic Director on the 1954 Federico Fellini film La Strada. However, he also had an impressive painting career in the 1950s and 1960s, with solo shows at Galleria Numero in Florence in 1955, Galleria Pogliani in Rome in 1961 and the Grosvenor Gallery, London in 1966. A 1960 review by Michel Strauss in the art magazine The Burlington - of an exhibition of Cervelli's work at London's Savage Gallery - described the artwork as calligraphic transpositions of ancient propitiatory rites as presented by the peasants of the Abruzzi region. Cervelli was interpreting ancient rites and symbols in a very modern context. The review described his technique as watercolour, gouache, ink and gold leaf pressed down with sealing wax and Strauss, later to be head of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby's, said the combination of shapes and colours represented "the best of abstract traditions". There is some...

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The image in blue and black inks consists of Albert-Birot's poem set in conventional typography, and rubberstamping text and abstract expressionistic flourishes with diagrams by de Charmoy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a preparatory study for a poster announcing the first festival at Ingatestone, England that was published by South Street Publications in 1969. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print depicts a frontal portrait of Cozette De Charmoy standing behind a collaged dress. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Chopin makes an analogy between the images of two space ships (Apollo and Soyuz) joining in space, as depicted on postage stamps, to homosexuality. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Phrases in this print include: red as a tomato, stubborn as a mule, mad as a hatter, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Central image is a portrait of Charles De Gaulle flanked by word columns utilizing the repetitive typed word, bouffe (comic), and merde in a fragmented fashion near the portrait. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.