Rafael Alberti, Letter F, Original Lithograph, 1972 for sale at Pamono

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Letter F from Alphabet series is an original lithograph realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower margin. Edition 20/99 Good conditions The artwork represents alphabet letter Z, with a poetical abstract composition which is Rafael Alberti style of expression, joyfully created a dreamlike vision from the world of the literature through vivid colors and shapes, characterized by soft strokes in harmony like musical tones. Rafael Alberti (El Puerto de Santa Mara 1902 El Puerto de Santa Maria 1999), a Spanish poet born in Puerto de Santa Maria in 1902, Rafael Alberti is one of the leading exponents of the Generation of 27 and one of Spains greatest XXth Century lyrical poets. After starting out as a painter, in 1925 he won the Premio Nacional de Literatura, for his collected poems, Marinero en tierra (Sailor on Land). Alberti started painting in 1917 and began writing poetry three years later. He was a close friend of artists such as Salvador Dal and Pablo Picasso, and poet Federico Garcia Lorca, and in the late 1920s published his dark, lyrical masterpiece Sobre los angeles (Concerning the Angels). Politics became increasingly important in Albertis life, forcing him into exile after Francisco Francos victory in the Spanish Civil War. In 1963 he moved to Rome together with his life-long companion, Maria Teresa Lon, and it was in Italy that influenced by the avant-garde movements of the XXth Century he became active as a painter and graphic artist while continuing to write poetry. After settling in a house with a studio in Anticoli Corrado, Alberti devoted himself to both forms of art, moving between poems devoted to nature and culture, and existential reflections suspended between the world of dreams and reality.