Hardcover
1972 · Torino
by Levi, Paolo (Editor)
Torino: Giulio Bolaffi Editore, 1972. Hardcover. Good+ internally, clean and tight. Page corner darkening from thumb turning. Art school ex-lib. copy with spine sticker, stamps on all 3 page edgings, marks on end papers/publication page, and tape mark on interior of each dj flap.. Claret cloth/boards; gilt lettering and stripes to spine. Gold dj with bw images and black/green lettering. Curved white stripes on spine. Mylar cover. xci + 415 pp. with bw images throughout. Heavy at 7 pounds and will require extra postage. Text in Italian. Most artists are represented with a bw photo or portrait and a bw image of at least one work of sculpture as well as a professional biography. Includes an introduction by Giuseppe Marchiori. The first section (xci pages) is titled I Grandi Maestri della Scultura (The Grand Masters of Sculpture) and includes Archipenko, Art, Barlach, Bourdelle, Brancusi, Calder, Giocometti, Gonzalez, Kemeny, Laurens, Lipchitz, Maillol, Matisse, Moore, Pevsner, Picasso, Richier, Rodin, Wotruba, and Zadkine. These listings are longer in length than those in the remainder of the book, with several images each. With an index of names at back.
(Inventory #: 156894)