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2017250988New York: New York Review Books 2017. Paperback. xvi 130 10p very good first edition first printing stated in pictorial wraps. New York Review Books Classics. A sixteen year old boy awakens to sexual love in fin de siècle Trieste. New York Review Books paperback books
2010169755Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010. Softcover. VG. Clean and tight. Black wraps with color illustration. 202 pp. 182 color and 22 BW illustrations. From the publisher: Italian couturier Roberto Capucci born 1930 is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources including art architecture and nature. This beautifully illustrated book the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's work in the United States examines his career from the 1950s to the present in the context of the rise of Italian fashion. Capucci's designs first captured the attention of the international press in 1951 when he presented his collection in Florence. Considered one of Italy's greatest talents he experimented with construction techniques and unconventional materials such as raffia wire and stones. He refused to compromise his artistic vision to commercial concerns and after withdrawing from the formal fashion world in the early 1980s he presented one collection a year each in a different city around the world. Featuring more than 80 extraordinary works including the iconic "dress sculptures" with their inventive use of pleating color and form Roberto Capucci is a captivating look at this brilliant designer who transcends the conventional line between fashion and art. Philadelphia Museum of Art paperback books
2010127583Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010. Softcover. New shrink-wrapped. Black wraps with color illustration 202 pp. 182 color and 22 BW illustrations. From the publisher: Italian couturier Roberto Capucci born 1930 is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws inspiration from a multitude of sources including art architecture and nature. This beautifully illustrated book the companion to the first exhibition of Capucci's work in the United States examines his career from the 1950s to the present in the context of the rise of Italian fashion. Capucci's designs first captured the attention of the international press in 1951 when he presented his collection in Florence. Considered one of Italy's greatest talents he experimented with construction techniques and unconventional materials such as raffia wire and stones. He refused to compromise his artistic vision to commercial concerns and after withdrawing from the formal fashion world in the early 1980s he presented one collection a year each in a different city around the world. Featuring more than 80 extraordinary works including the iconic "dress sculptures" with their inventive use of pleating color and form Roberto Capucci is a captivating look at this brilliant designer who transcends the conventional line between fashion and art. Philadelphia Museum of Art paperback books
2015203008Berkeley: CC. Marimbo 2015. 50p 8.5x11 inches text in Italian and English on facing pages very good handbound poetry book in string-bound pictorial covers. Angry poetry from a Roman street poet member of Hirschman's Revolutionary Poets Brigade in Rome supporter of the Native American movement. CC. Marimbo unknown books
200233562NY:: Warner Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0446530573 . Recipes by Michelle Scicolone. Color photographs. Third printing. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Warner Books, hardcover books
200829546London: National Gallery Company 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 192 pp. With essays by Simonetta and others. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. National Gallery Company hardcover books
2014179910New York: Guggenheim Museum 2014. Hardcover. VG/VG slight curling to dust jacket edges. Teal cloth boards with stamped lettering teal illustrated dust jacket with pale yellow lettering 351 pp. with 328 illustrations most in color. "Published to accompany the exhibition Italian Futurism 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe this volume endeavors to convey the spirit of the movement in all its complexity and features essays by nearly thirty authors honing in on specific artists series and moments. With over 300 illustrations of works created throughout the duration of the movement-from its inception with F. T. Marinetti's Futurist manifesto in 1909 through its demise at the end of World War II-the exhibition catalogue encompasses not only painting and sculpture but also architecture design ceramics fashion photography advertising free-form poetry publications music theater and performance. As part of the first comprehensive overview of Italian Futurism to be presented in the United States this publication offers an important contribution to the scholarship and understanding of a major avant-garde of the 20th century. Guggenheim Museum hardcover books
