THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 1:
FUTURISM
Arthur A. Cohen
Cohen, Arthur A.: THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 1: FUTURISM. NYC: AGP Mathews/Ex Libris, 1981. First edition. Portfolio consisting of 10 plates. Black cardboard folder mildly worn. All 10 plates are in fine condition.
12.25 x 13 portfolio of heavy black paper with pasted title lable and diagonal cut pocket inside to hold facsimile sheets. Each portfolio contains 10 facsimile plates, plus a folded (6-page) sheet of explanatory text with small illustrations keyed to the plates.
The prints are intended to be facsimiles are are printed by offset lithography to reproduce the size and colors of the orignals. The colors are printed in flat areas, giving the images a freshness and immediacy that four-color printing from color photographs could never provide. A highly recommended and sought-after artifact from Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen's legendary bookstore Ex-Libris.
THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT 1: FUTURISM Contents
- F. T. Marinetti & Giacomo Balla: Letterhead for Movimento Futurista
- Giacomo Balla: Futurust Manifesto
- F. T. Marinetti: Free Word Composition (parole in lberta)
- F. T. Marinetti: Free Word Composition (sensibilite numerique)
- 3 Futurist Postcards: Moviemento Futurista, Francesco Cangiullo (presumed) and Futurist Exhibition by Fortunato Depero
- Fortunato Depero: A page from his book Depero Futurista
- Tato (Guglielmo Sansoni): Photograph
- F. De Fillippis: cover to issue of periodical Stile Futurista
- Enrico Bona: Advertisement in Futurist issue of Campo Grafico
- Mino Somenzi: Back page of weekly newspaper Futurismo
As Cohen notes, this portfolio series acknowledges the debt paid the pioneers of modern typography for their bold inventiveness and the subtle mastery of the new visual vocabulary where the line between words and forms, type and painting, was diminished and the goal of direct communcation elevated as never before.
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