Abbaco or Exemplarism

Gianni Bertini, ABBACO OR EXEMPLARISM. Milan, Edizioni Castelli & Rosati, December 1978. First edition. Original publisher's wrappers, octavo format. Copy with autograph inscription by the author to Milena Milani, writer and art critic connected to Italian avant-garde circles. The inscription reads: 'to that whore Milena. Listen if I'm right I don't know. But the others are wrong. Bertini * you bitch' — provocative and ironic text, typical of the artist's irreverent language. Fundamental theoretical text in which Bertini expounds his poetics of exemplarism, a movement he founded in the Seventies as a transcendence of Nouveau Réalisme. Cover with normal patina of age, interior fresh. Rare publication on the market, particularly sought after with evidence of direct association with the author.