SS Rex on fire

SS Rex on fire

The Italian liner SS Rex is listing onto its side in Trieste harbour. Flames have engulfed the stern of the ship and fuel on the water has caught fire. Black smoke is rising into a clear sky. The shoreline can be seen on the horizon.

Label reads “86”; signed by the author; caption reads “SETTEMBRE 1943. Il REX in fiamme nel porto di Trieste”.

Caption translates as: “September 1943. The Rex, engulfed with flames, in the Trieste harbour.

One tempera on paper, pasted on mount board

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