UMBERTO MARIANI Lot n° 5

Umberto Mariani (1936) MIRRORS book work containing nine unique handmade pieces, signed and dated by the artist. Format cm 17x24 Pages 20 Edition in 50 numbered and signed copies Giampaolo Prearo Publisher published in 1987 Cover in vegetable cardboard cut by hand by the author, with reliefs cast in bronze. The work contains: nine unique handmade pieces, signed and dated by the artist. Bas-relief in lead sheet realized on original, with frottage technique, signed and dated. Collage with reliefs on lead sheet and white acrylic on Murillo dark brown cardboard, die-cut, by Cartiere Fabriano. Original drawings made with mixed media, India ink, graphite, coloured papers, watercolour on Mouette handmade paper. Signed and dated. The volume is housed in a box in grey silk, lined in Alcantara, with embossing on the spine and plate.