Bear, GregMareMagnum
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zero alla galleria appia antica 24 October-4 November 1959
11131Nine black & white full-page illus. 24 pp. 8vo screen-printed wrappers staple-bound. Rome: Galleria Appia Antica 1959.<br /> <br> <br> Rare catalogue for one of the earliest ZERO group exhibitions organized by gallerist Hans Sonnenberg 1928-2017. Three shows took place under his direction this one in Rome and the others in Rotterdam and Antwerp. The Düsseldorf ZERO artists Heinz Mack Otto Piene and Günther Uecker demanded Sonnenberg give up the name and he cheekily acquiesced by changing the name of his gallery in The Hague from ZERO to Orez.<br /> <br> <br> In Rome Sonnenberg presented drawings silkscreens collages and lithographs by Kees van Bohemen Karl Fred Dahmen Piero Manzoni Wim Motz Ian J. Pieters Joop Sanders Jan Schoonhoven Emil Schumacher Shinkichi Tajiri and Jaap Wagemaker. Each artist is provided two pages in the catalogue one with a full-page illustration of their work and the facing page information on where they were born and currently live. Sonnenberg is recorded as the “manager†on the final page.<br /> <br> <br> Near fine; small scuffs to the wrappers. WorldCat records two copies in North American libraries as of October 2025. unknown
