Following an established working relationship between the Ciociarian artist and the provincial administration of Frosinone;the Mastroianni Foundation was established in 1993 and;for the first time in Italy;offers a permanent collection of the work of distinguished sculptor Umberto Mastroianni (1910-1998).Housed in three rooms of Palazzo Ducale Boncompagni in Arpino;the collection contains about one hundred works;including bronze and steel sculptures;reliefs;drawings;leads and set design sketches;as well as a large part of the library concerning the art and works of the late master.Worthy of note are the bronze sculptures Torso (1935);Volto di donna (1944) and Maschera (1953);the monumental steel sculptures Astronauta (1972);Macchina spaziale (1973);Cavaliere (1970) and Corsa serrata (1973-78);the engravings Shariff (1966) and Aqaba (1976);and the tempera on cardboard Maschera tragica (1966).