Motorcycles
by Marcello Nizzoli
FN/Leon Houard
FN motorcycle adAn arresting Art Deco design with a phantom-like motorcycle rider emphasizes both power and comfort, as the woman along for the ride can easily apply her lipstick as they speed along. Nizzoli was a most versatile artist, being a painter, decorator, textile designer and posterist. Many of his posters were for automobile companies. In 1938, he joined Olivetti and was responsible for some of their finest images of the 1940s and '50s.