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Filippo Massa sent the following e-mail on 08MAR2000:
Dear Alexander,
I thought that you had already seen the VW Beetle painting in my house a
long time ago. (**)
I ordered this painting myself to my great friend
Daniela Rossi, she is a lady painter who
is very famous here in Riviera and Côte D'Azur. I'm a great Maecenas (protector and fosterer of
the arts), didn't you know it?
The painting represents the escape of the VW Beetles from the actually polluted world,
that is surrounded by a yellow ribbon. This world can be seen on the upper right corner.
The painting shows the VW Beetles' disembarkation (by parachute) in a new planet, where the
energy comes of the rainbow colors, and that flows out from a big tap, placed on the top left
side of the paiting. This "color-energy" enters in the tank of the blue VW Beetle, that is on the
foreground. On the side of this blue VW Beetle you can see a painting showing a no more
contaminated landscape, with a blue see and palm trees. One message of hope in the future of
our dear "Fusquinha" (Brazil: Little VW Beetle), a beautiful idea, don't you think so?
(**) Translation note: in the Filippo's Hall of Honor page there is his picture in
the living room of his house, recently, examining this picture again, I saw one painting on
the wall; then I sent him an e-mail asking for a picture of this painting.
Here the technical data:
acrylic on canvas 50x70
production date: July 1990
signed, dedicated (to ME) and authenticated by the author.
Many thanks to Filipo for more this important contibution.
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