Item 10408. TRECCANI: CENTOCINQUANTA DIPINTI, SCULTURE, DISEGNI, INCISIONI 1940-1981 [INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST]

TRECCANI: CENTOCINQUANTA DIPINTI, SCULTURE, DISEGNI, INCISIONI 1940-1981 [INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST]

Milano: Vangelista, 1982. Item #38784

Original Illustrated Wrappers. 115 pages ; 24 cm. In Italian. Title translates into English as, “Treccani: One Hundred and Fifty Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Engravings 1940-1981.”“Ernesto Treccani (1920– 2009) was an Italian painter and intellectual. Born in Milan on August 26, 1920, he joined the art avant-garde groups and movements opposed to Fascist culture…His first personal exhibition, held at the Galleria Il Milione in Milan, where he exhibited many times during his artistic path, was in 1949. After the Resistance, he was the leader of the ‘Pittura’ group and editor of magazines such as ‘Il 45’ and ‘Realismo', directed by Raffaele De Grada…” (Wikiepdia, 2017) There have been several major retrospectives on his work worldwide. This exhibition catalog includes 150 high-quality prints of Treccani’s paintings in color and black and white. Also includes an introduction from the prolific critic Mario de Micheli. OCLC lists just 10 copies worldwide. Most in Italy and only 1 copy in the United States (National Gallery of Art) . Inscribed and Signed by Treccani in his Artist’s signature on the first inside page. Very good+ condition. (ITART-1-6a).

Price: $125.00