Room covered with unpublished Andrea Pazienza drawings discovered in Gargano house

During the renovation of a house that belonged to Andrea Pazienza’s family until 2003 in San Menaio, on the Gargano, a room entirely covered with unpublished drawings by the artist was discovered. Drawings that the well-known cartoonist, who died at the age of thirty-two in 1988, made with blue and red spray cans on three walls, and the signature is unmistakable: Paz 72. The drawings were made by Andrea Pazienza at the age of sixteen in the smallest room of his vacation home.

Among the characters depicted is Professor Sandro Visca, his drawing teacher at the Liceo Artistico in Pescara who later became his friend. “Hasta la Visca!” reads inside a cartoonish cloud. It also reads exclamations such as “Uhm,” “W Fiorenzo,” Good Bye,“ ”Love,“ and the phrase ”Ca t pozzn accid," in Sanseverese dialect, the town of his father’s origin and where the cartoonist is buried.

Part of the drawings had already been found in 2003, but the new owners had decided to hide them with some canvases. Now Michele D’Errico, the current owner who works in construction, has removed the plaster from the room’s largest wall and made the drawings visible, element by element. However, all the plaster has not yet been removed.

Photo: Ansa

Room covered with unpublished Andrea Pazienza drawings discovered in Gargano house

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