AldoRoss said:
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> What are the blue blobs, and why is there a broken orange "blast"
between
> them? What is the coffin-shaped black outline beneath them?
To which Dave Salovesh replied:
>>>The "coffin-shaped black outline" is actually a newspaper rolled into
a
cone - see the other flap over there on the right? Inside the cone are
various spring flowers in blue and orange.
But I'm having a hard time with a couple of other things. One is trying to figure out what the red, green, and black blob to the right of Napoli, at the bottom represents?
And...
Was it really popular in that era to climb with one's forehead on the stem?<<<<
To further the analysis of the design, I submit that the red, green (and white) are a ribbon (in Italian colors, of course) tied around the base of the newspaper that contains the "flower" bouquet, and the "black blob" is the very base of the newspaper "cone".
As for the "forehead on the stem", kinda looks more like nose-to-the-stem for that full-on aero tuck. The rider is not really climbing, but just placed at a stylized angle.
Ah, the subtleties of illustrative design - circa 1952.
Wayne Bingham
Falls Church VA