PIERO PORTALUPPI
The archives, comprising different kinds of documentation, which has been collected thanks to intensive research work conducted by the Foundation in recent years, contains:
- – Approximately 1,100 original drawings dating back to the period between 1909 and 1967;
- – photographic archives, comprising approximately 1,200 photographic prints;
- – 70 original cartoons and 5 books of sketches dating from between 1905 and 1909;
- – a collection of about 25,000 postcards – dating from the beginning of the twentieth century to the end of the 1960s – relating not only to geographic and artistic locations, but also to individual cultural and political events of Italian history (e.g. Bienniale, Trienniale, Tenth Anniversary of the Fascist Revolution, etc.);
- – 70 reels of 16 mm film, for about 8 hours of video footage, filmed in Italy and abroad between 1931 and 1965;
- – several pieces of furniture and furnishings designed by Portaluppi, including a walk-in closet and three desks: the “Omnibus” desk, the desk of the director who managed the power plant at Crego (Verbania) and the one used by Portaluppi in his studio.
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