RITA BOLEY BOLAFFIO Science Lab Collage, Italy, signed ‘Rita Boley Bolaffio’ to lower left, with lab equipment motif, in frame measures approx 24 3/4 x 36 in., dark brown wood and gold toned metal frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame. Property of artist family estate. Bolaffio, Rita Boley was born on June 7, 1898 in Trieste, Italy. Arrived in United States, 1939, naturalized, 1944. Daughter of Angelo Luzzatto and Olga Senigaglia. She created powerful artwork that underscored the importance of grace and imagination. In 1939, the Fascist anti-Jewish policies forced the family to flee to America. She began a career as an artist, specializing in imaginative collages that were displayed in the windows of most major department stores in America, including Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Carson Pirie Scott, and many more, as well as many private commissions. She regularly contributed covers for such magazines as Harper"s Bazaar, Vogue, Town &