MIMMO Rotella Lot n° 3

Mimmo Rotella (1918 - 2006) MARILYN book work with text by Carlo Castellaneta, poems by Sebastiano Grasso Contains 12 original works in colour Format: 42x38 cm Edition: 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist Hardcover with original collage. Giampaolo Prearo Publisher published in 2005 Book in limited edition of 100 copies numbered and signed by the artist, composed by 18 quatrains with 12 applied plates reproducing the historical works of the master. On the front of each plate there is an unpublished poem by Sebastiano Grasso. In each quatrain there is an original collage made by hand with the technique of the old collages, made by the master in 1960. The images that compose this edition have been reproduced from the first monograph of Mimmo Rotella, realized in 1973. The twelve collages are faithful reproductions of the works made by the master between 1954 and 1962. Each volume is numbered and signed by the artist, bound in an elegant blue silk box. The cover features an original collage of his most famous MARILYN, created in 1962.