When the Italian painter Umberto Romano finished this piece of art titled "Mr. Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield" in 1937, he couldn't imagine that he would be seen as the forerunner of iPhones, that appeared half a century later. Indeed, in the center of the painting, on the right side of the character dressed in pink, you can notice a man holding a black square device, and looking at it. Another man, with his hands tied in his back, is trying to look at the device as well, and seems to be interested by what is on the 'screen'.
However, to my biggest disappointment, this item is not an iPhone at all... The historian Daniel Crowe identifies it as a mirror or a metallic tool. Some specialists have argued that the painting is not realistic, though, and looks like the artists had never seen these elements for real.
However, to my biggest disappointment, this item is not an iPhone at all... The historian Daniel Crowe identifies it as a mirror or a metallic tool. Some specialists have argued that the painting is not realistic, though, and looks like the artists had never seen these elements for real.
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