Liberi!

An eye is missing and it has some unrelated add-ons, but is still an unmistakable work of Clet Abraham.

Piazza del Luogo Pio: in Italian “Liberi” is free in its plural form, on a no entry sign.

See also: Clet Abraham - On the Trail of Clet - Via dell'Olmo - Clet's Studio
External links: Thirty smile an hour zone: Cheeky artist changes road signs with stickers... (Daily Mail)
- The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)
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Clet in Florence #2

More variations on a no-entry sign by Clet Abraham, still on his home turf in Florence. By the way, this afternoon we will be back in Livorno.

Via del Campidoglio, Via de' Brunelleschi

Piazza del Mercato Centrale

See also: Clet Abraham - On the Trail of Clet - Via dell'Olmo - Clet's Studio - Clet in Florence
External links: Thirty smile an hour zone: Cheeky artist changes road signs with stickers... (Daily Mail)
- The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)
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Clet's Crossing

Via de Larderel, Livorno

See also: Clet Abraham - Clet's Studio
External links: Thirty smile an hour zone: Cheeky artist changes road signs with stickers... (Daily Mail)
- The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)
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Two More Clets

Walking around Livorno I keep finding some more of the traffic signs revised by Clet Abraham...

Scali delle Barchette, Livorno

Via Mentana, Livorno

See also: Clet Abraham - Clet's Studio
External links: Thirty smile an hour zone: Cheeky artist changes road signs with stickers... (Daily Mail)
- Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)
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Clet in Florence

Variations on a no-entry sign by Clet Abraham, this time on his home turf in Florence.

Piazza Santa Croce / Via Torta

Via delle Seggiole / Via dei Pandolfini

See also: Clet Abraham - On the Trail of Clet - Via dell'Olmo - Clet's Studio
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External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare) - Interview with Clet (Daily Inspiration)

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Clet's Studio

The studio of Clet Abraham in Via dell'Olmo, in Florence, with plenty of new and old creations on display.

With so many different kinds of works, we could really spend some time looking around...

Clet was also so kind to pose for us next to his self-portrait.

See also: Clet Abraham - On the Trail of Clet - Via dell'Olmo
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External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare) - Interview with Clet (Daily Inspiration)

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Via dell'Olmo

Still on the trail of Clet Abraham in the San Niccolò neighborhood, part of the Oltrarno area of Florence.

This fishbone arrow shows us that we are closing in on our objective...

In fact, there he is, just under the sign, standing on the doorstep of his studio.

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On the Trail of Clet

Prepare yourself for some familiar objects caught out of our usual jurisdiction...

We were coming down from the basilica of San Miniato al Monte (St. Minias on the Mountain), when we saw this on the corner of a street with the improbable name of Via dell'Erta Canina (Street of the Canine Slope).

Just before the city walls, still along Via del Monte alle Croci, we saw this “Cross Like an Egyptian” and we knew we were approaching Clet Abraham's territory: he lives and works here, in Florence, after all.

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Some More Clet

Let us see some more inventions by Clet Abraham:

A heavy load, Via degli Apostoli

A pillory, Scali Manzoni

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Clet's Pinocchio

Clet Abraham visited Livorno one more time, leaving us with some new ‘improved’ traffic signs.

Pinocchio, Piazza Cavour

A taped mouth with eyes, Piazza Manin

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Clet in Venice

It is obviously not the real Venice, not many traffic signs for Clet Abraham there, but our Venezia quarter. The Breton artist was present at an exhibition in his honor and left all around some of his new creations.

An alien invasion in Via Borra

A crushed arrow in Via della Venezia

A sculptor at work on a no-entry sign in Via della Madonna.

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Who Stole Clet's Heart

This is the first traffic sign “improved” by Clet Abraham I saw in March 2012. I deleted the two old stickers because I didn't like them: you can see below how the image was posted.

In due time the municipality removed all the Clet's signs, selling some on eBay and keeping the others in storage. Some were used for the recent Clet Abraham's Exhibition and just a few days after that, I saw something strange.

That first sign was still around, with the unmistakable ugly stickers, but without the heart, which is itself a sticker. Someone lifted it and maybe used it on a cleaner sign... Who stole Clet's heart?

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Clet Abraham's Exhibition

We deserve your eternal gratitude for venturing through the smelly and sweaty heart of “Effetto Venezia” to explore an exhibition of some of Clet Abraham's “improved” traffic signs.

This was perhaps the only still unreleased (on this blog) sign on display. You can see all the others here.

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1800-Euro Sign

After removing the traffic signs modified at the time by Clet Abraham, the municipality of Livorno sold a first lot of them on eBay. These are the final prices, after the auctions ended:

Cartello stradale Rif N.40	660 Euro
Cartello stradale Rif N.43	725 Euro
Cartello stradale Rif N.46	313 Euro
Cartello stradale Rif N.58	1805 Euro

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Clet Abraham for Sale

If you want to buy a road sign “improved” by Clet Abraham, this may be the right occasion. After removing the modified signs at the time, the municipality of Livorno is now selling them on eBay:

Cartello stradale Rif N.40 Cartello stradale Rif N.43

Cartello stradale Rif N.46 Cartello stradale Rif N.58

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Fallen Angel

A fallen angel on a battered warning sign, an almost lost work of Clet Abraham.

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Vitruvian Man

Following a tip from a friend, I came across another work by Clet Abraham: a Vitruvian Man on a no vehicles sign.

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Clet Abraham V

In “Piazza dei Domenicani” a no parking sign now sports an unbuckled belt.A standing devil and a flying angel in “Via Borra”.

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Clet Abraham Returns

Last weekend Clet Abraham was back in town and presented us with a few more “improved” traffic signs.A pigeon and its dejection on a no entry sign in “Via del Porticciolo”.This no parking or standing sign in “Via della Venezia” became a skull and crossbones of sorts.

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The Eyes, the Mouth

Some more of Clet Abraham's imaginative stickers: a bicycle lane sign with a lipsticked mouth. A guy with a handsaw at work on the bar of a no entry sign.

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