Renato Guttuso

(Bagheria, 1911 - Roma, 1987)

screen printing, e.g. 12/100, signed lower right, stamp "Esperienza Grafica" lower left, within frame The graphics belong to a suite of 24 sheets, 12 in color and 12 in black and white, created by Renato Guttuso in collaboration with Studio Nuvolo in Rome between June 1978 and April 1981. The 24 plates were collected in 6 folders. The original works (then dispersed) were carried out in 1944 when the War of Liberation had not yet ended. The entire series of works was published in a book by the Assayer which was a great success for years. “Gott mit Uns” means, in German, “God is with us” and was the writing engraved on the steel buckle of Nazi and SS soldiers.