Fontana

Rare first edition of the monograph dedicated to Lucio Fontana, published by the prestigious Edizioni del Cavallino of Venice in March 1953, under the direction of Carlo Cardazzo, a central figure in the promotion of contemporary Italian art. The cover screen-printed in grey and yellow reproduces a Spatial Concept with the characteristic holes that defined Fontana's aesthetic revolution. The title page presents another spatialist work with gestural mark and concentric perforations. Printed by Giampiero Giani in Milan, this volume represents one of the first monographic publications dedicated to the master of Spatialism, a movement that would redefine the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Essential document for collectors of modern Italian art and artist's books of the late twentieth century.