"Tearing up a daily newspaper is the only way to free oneself, at a stroke, from thieves, murderers, swindlers, apostles and catastrophes"… This quotation from the poet Guido Ceronetti fits Zakamoto's works perfectly: he manages to transform dramatic headlines, generally set in huge type, into visions full of humour, capable of drawing a smile from us and at times a real laugh.
Introduction by F-Xavier Bernard,to the catalogue of exposition MEDIAMENTE FALSO by M.Zakamoto.
Artwork printed and mounted in an A3-format passepartout
IL GAZZETTINO ILLUSTRATO — 10 March 1935.
AN OPAQUE FACE POWDER that blends its fine fragrance with the breath of your skin, completing your toilette and leaving your face a soft, even colour, never shiny, both by day and in artificial light. The complete box with a swan's-down puff is on sale at the city's leading perfumers. FATMA, a perfume.
BALDNESS: a cure for every form of baldness or alopecia to make hair grow.
DIADERMINA will protect your skin without hindering its functions, indeed stimulating and improving them. Bonetti Brothers Laboratories, Via Comelico 36, Milan.
THE MARTYRS OF SCIENCE — Giuseppe Maria Giulietti. Born at Castreggio (Voghera) in 1846, he was murdered by the Danakil on 23 May 1881 at Beilul, together with his whole escort.
OUR COMPETITIONS — Drawing Contest. We did not believe our competition would arouse such wide interest among our public, such broad approval, such a lively wave of sympathy.
VERAMON by Schering. It may be given even to children, without worry, because it affects neither the heart, nor the kidneys, nor the stomach. That is why Veramon is the painkiller best suited even for delicate constitutions.
Diadermina face powder. Read «Il Gazzettino dei Ragazzi».
