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The majority are simple pen drawings and many of those are labelled: 'caricatura femminile erotica'. Whimsical and humorous and a little bit mad, as you'd expect. Prior to his film career, Fellini had a 'laughing faces' shop from which he sold sketches to American soldiers.



"I will not loiter in repositories with hugely annoying watermarks.

I will not loiter in repositories with hugely annoying watermarks.

I will not loiter in..." *sigh*