Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision, 11 February 2014
Softcover
2014 · London
by Bassetti, Mariolina and other Christie's Staff
London: Christie's, 2014. Softcover. VG+ with a wrinkle to back cover. Color-photographic wraps; 460 pp. illustrated throughout. Catalogue from the auction of a collection of mostly "Arte Povera" style Italian art, collected by an unidentified couple who knew many of the artists represented: Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani, Emilio Prini, Fausto Melotti, Ettore Colla, Giovanni Anselmo, Lucio Fontana, Gianni Colombo. Includes an interview with the couple, a title essay, an essay about Arte Povera, notes on the collection, etc. Exhaustive information about the works up for auction and the artists themselves and with numerous photographs of it all. (Inventory #: 140863)