Leone Frollo Di-Litho & Oil On Paper ‘Punizione’ – 2010 – Non Authorized Copy – COA

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DETAILS

Leone Frollo (1931)

Leone Frollo Di-Litho 2010 on heavy paper with extra oil-coloring ‘Punizione”.

Attention: this was a non-authorized copy !!

Printed and re-worked by Boler, proof example 01 (on reverse side).

• Size : 42 cm x 29,5 cm
• Leone Frollo in plate on obverse
• Certification on reverse side

INFORMATION ON DI-LITHO

The di-litho technology, a lithographic technology in which the printing plate prints directly onto the printing substrate, was basically uniquely

created for newspaper printing. The  benefit from this technology was that conventional letterpress rotary printing presses could be used. The

printing units of these presses have been modified by the installing of a dampening unit. Printing was done with conventional printing plates,

however a special coating needed to be applied to them because of the very high tension because of the direct contact with the paper and the high

stability with the full print run necessary in newspaper printing or the more expensive art-litho printing.

INFORMATION ON LEONE FROLLO

Leone Frollo (born 9 April 1931 in Venice) is an Italian comic book artist.

Frollo debuted in 1948 with a western called Sui Grandi Laghi (“On Great Lakes”). From 1958 to 1968, he worked for London agency Fleetway, doing war stories. After that, until the mid-1980s he did works in several genres, including fantasy and horror, but specially erotic comics. His main work in the erotic genre in this period is Biancaneve, based on Snow White, Lucifera and Yra, which he did for Edifumetto.

After 1987, he changed his style and drew some series for the French market :  Malicieusement Femmes, Mona Street and Diva. Mona Street, the erotic adventures of a young American lady, just graduated from college in Boston, set in the first decade of the 20th century, was Frollo’s last comic work.

After abandoning comics, Frollo dedicated himself to erotic work, doing illustrations on paper with watercolour, pencil, and pastels.

INFORMATION ON BOLERMO GROUP (ISSUER OF THESE LITHOS)

Bolermo was an unofficial and not quite formel group, founded in 1995 and organized by Viktor Boler. The group was helping young and upcoming artists, designers, sculptors etc. by giving them the materials for creating their ‘art’ and amongst these materials were the printing machines for graphics and etchings using different techniques. Amongst these techniques : the Di-Litho ! These printed Di-Lithos were extra painted with oil and/or aquarel and sometimes with mixed materials to give an unexpected and unique ‘touch’ of the once existing ‘images’. But it also means that a lot of the Di-Lithos are non-authorized by the original artist and as such extremely rare and sought after artefacts !

The name Bolermo which the group used for printed material came directly from the founder himself as he used to sign with Boler. Due to a persistence illness of Viktor Boler, the group was dissolved in 2012 and completely closed down. The heirs of V. Boler sold the existing stock of printed and re-worked lithos during public auctions and as such came into my possession.