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Futurismo - Depero, Fortunato

(Fondo 1892 - Rovereto 1960)

An institute for suicides, 1900

Artist's Resale Right

Estimate

€ 400 - 800

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Information

Rome, Bernardo Lux Editore, [1917]. In the 8th major. With 8 out-of-text plates on coated paper, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, light uniform browning, editorial paperback illustrated with a drawing by Depero, small defects on the spine and hinge, slight foxing. 

Specialist Notes

Original edition, difficult to find, of the work from which the collaboration between the Swiss-born poet Gilbert Clavel (1883-1927) and Fortunato Depero (1892-1960) began. It is a fantastic and visionary story in which a man revolts at an institute that offers a suicide service. The text is enriched by numerous illustrations and 8 plates on glossy paper by Depero: Decomposition of solids, Metaphysical plastic, Subterranean perspective, Mystical silence, Dynamic tour, Drinkers of death and sound cup, Magic door, Solidity and transparencies. 

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