Claudio Cintoli - Centomila Lire

Year 1975

Color offset lithograph on paper

Artwork size: 33 x 71.5 cm
Sheet size: 44.5 x 88.5 cm

The artwork is hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right margin. Numbered in Arabic numerals on the lower left margin. Edition of 50 prints. Good condition.

The work depicts the Italian 100,000-lira banknote. On the right, there is a portrait of the great Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni with a double face (on the original 100,000-lira note there was Manzoni's portrait with an empty space on the left). On the left, there is a pistol aimed at Manzoni's portrait. Manzoni is a symbol and a classic Italian icon.

Claudio Cintoli (Imola, 1935 – Rome, 1978) was an Italian artist, painter and set designer.