Image dimensions: 6.5 x 11 - 8.5 x 10 cm. Scarabei tropicali (tropical beetles) is an original artwork realized by the great italian engraver and poet luigi bartolini in 1930. Very rare pair of etchings on ivory paper. The artwork includes two different images on the same sheet. Plates dimensions: mm 65 x 110 (left plate); mm 85 x 100 (right plate). Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left corner: ''scarabei tropicali 2/10''; hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right corner: ''l. Bartolini''. Edition of 10 prints. Very good conditions. Other titles: i tre scarabei, i grandi scarabei, i coleotteri tropicali, coleotteri strani. Selected bibliography: 1951 petrucci, calcografia: 1930, n. 612 1962 ronci, calcografia 1968/69 firenze, cat. Mostra internazionale di grafica 1971 cat. Galleria viotti torino 1972 barsanti-galleria marino, p. 12 n. 12 (es. Del 1936) 1983 cat. L’attico-essearte n. 36 1992 corradini, catalogo galleria bellinzona, lecco n. 11 selected exhibitions: 1947 zurigo, mostra dell’incisione italiana 1951 roma, mostra calcografia 1962 roma, mostra calcografia 1966 città del messico, museo de arte moderna 1968/69 firenze, mostra internazionale di grafica 1972 roma, mostra galleria marino 1983 roma, galleria l’attico-essearte n. 36 this artwork is shipped from italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died requires a licence for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the licence according to the final destination of the artwork.