Description

Leone Frollo Di-Litho on paper ‘Le Sofa II’

Leone Frollo (1931 – 2018) Di-Litho on paper. Based on original pencil skecth : ‘Le Sofa II’ – not dated.

Attention: this is a non-authorized 2011 copy by Lemke. Proof example (on reverse side) nr. 01 out of 1 copy.

Specifications

✓ Size : 42 x 29,5 cm
✓ Signed Frollo on obverse – certification on reverse side
✓ Comes from a private collection
✓ Excellent condition

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 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.