Italian Futurism Art Prints

Medium: original lithograph. Published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1958 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Sheet size 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 220 mm); with printed text on the back, as issued (the text is a poem in Italian by Renzo Modesti). Signed in the stone and also with the artist's name printed in text; not hand-signed.

Note: each impression of this lithograph that I've seen over the years has major variations in appearance, making these prints to be almost unique works. Compare this impression to the other one in our inventory.

Medium: serigraph / silkscreen. This magnificent print was published in Milan in 1954 by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. A beautiful, rich impression! Sheet size 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 220 mm). In good condition, with some age-toning at the top of the sheet. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

The Movimento arte concreta (Concrete Art Movement), also known as MAC, was founded in Milan in 1948 by a group of Italian artists with their own unique aesthetic; principal among them were Atanasio Soldati, Gillo Dorfles, Bruno Munari and Gianni Monnet. The print offered here is a product of this movement, which brought together a number of artists who contributed original lithographs or serigraphs to this 1954 project. Among the artists represented in this portfolio were: Enrico Baj, Enrico Bordoni, Joe Colombo, Nino Di Salvatore, Gillo Dorfles, Asger Jorn, Plinio Mesciulam, Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari, Bruna Pecciarini, Mauro Reggiani, Atanasio Soldati and Luigi Veronesi. Vintage original prints by many of these artists are rarely encountered today.

Medium: original lithograph. Published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1958 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Sheet size 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 220 mm); with printed text on the back, as issued (the text is a poem in Italian by Renzo Modesti). Signed in the stone and also with the artist's name printed in text; not hand-signed.

Condition: there is a small hole in the light green area near the center of the lithograph that penetrates through the paper; most likely a natural feature of the rather rough, fibrous paper chosen by the artist.

Note: each impression of this lithograph that I've seen over the years has major variations in appearance, making these prints to be almost unique works.

Medium: original lithograph. This magnificent print was published in Milan in 1954 by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. A beautiful, rich impression! Sheet size 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 220 mm). In good condition. Signed in the plate, not by hand.

The Movimento arte concreta (Concrete Art Movement), also known as MAC, was founded in Milan in 1948 by a group of Italian artists with their own unique aesthetic; principal among them were Atanasio Soldati, Gillo Dorfles, Bruno Munari and Gianni Monnet. The print offered here is a product of this movement, which brought together a number of artists who contributed original lithographs or serigraphs to this 1954 project. Among the artists represented in this portfolio were: Enrico Baj, Enrico Bordoni, Joe Colombo, Nino Di Salvatore, Gillo Dorfles, Asger Jorn, Plinio Mesciulam, Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari, Bruna Pecciarini, Mauro Reggiani, Atanasio Soldati and Luigi Veronesi. Joe Colombo joined Enrico Baj in his Arte Nucleare movement. Vintage original prints by many of these artists are rarely encountered today.

Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in 1956 on thin wove paper and published in Stockholm for a Swedish survey of Concrete Art. Size: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (270 x 188 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed on buff colored thin wove paper and published in Milan in 1958 by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. Size: 12 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (315 x 215 mm). There is printed text on the back, as issued (the text is a poem in Italian by Giorgio Simonotti-Manacorda). Signed in the plate, not signed by hand.

Condition: there is a tiny tear at the right edge of the sheet.

Medium: original xylograph. Printed in 1956 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1956-57 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Image size: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (263 x 211 mm). Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (320 x 220 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is creasing to the margins, not affecting the image.

Medium: original xylograph. Printed in 1956 for the second volume (1956-57) of the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, and published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Image size: 10 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (258 x 212 mm). Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (320 x 220 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is creasing to the margins, not affecting the image.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 by Clot, Bramsen et Georges and issued in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist Times) -- now scarce. Size: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (273 x 213 mm). The artist's name appears in text beneath the image. Not signed.

Medium: original linoleum cut. A fine impression on wove paper, executed in 1938 for the very rare XXe Siecle issue No. 4. Sheet size 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (320 x 248 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand). Note: Giorgio de Chirico printed a different composition on each side of the sheet (green on front and red on back).

Condition: there are pinholes in the margin from the publisher's original binding staples.

Medium: serigraph / silkscreen. Printed in 1958 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. A beautiful, rich impression! Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (317 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: some minor wear to the surface.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1958 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. Size: 12 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (318 x 420 mm). This work was published as a folded sheet with a center fold. Signed in the plate; not hand-signed.

Condition: minor creasing.

Medium: original serigraph. Printed in 1958 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (284 x 213 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Medium: pochoir. Printed in 1957 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet and published in Paris by San Lazzaro for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 9). Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (315 x 243 mm). A richly inked impression! Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1955 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 219 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: there is age-toning to the paper.

Medium: lithograph. Printed in 1955 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (217 x 318 mm). Not signed.

Medium: lithograph (after the linocut). Printed in 1956 on thin wove paper and published in Stockholm for a Swedish survey of Concrete Art. Size: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (270 x 188 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph by artist Regina Cassolo Bracchi, better known simply as Regina. Printed in 1955 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (218 x 318 mm). Signed in the plate, not by hand.

Condition: there is some age-toning to the paper.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the second volume (1956-57) of the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is aging to the paper, and bumps at two corners of the sheet.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the second volume (1956-57) of the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 218 mm). There is printed text on the back, as issued. Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is aging to the paper, and bumps at two corners of the sheet.

Medium: lithograph. Published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1955-56 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (215 x 318 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is a crease near the bottom right corner.

The Movimento arte concreta (Concrete Art Movement), was a group of avant-garde artists working in Italy during the 1950's. Among the artists who contributed prints for this issue were: Enrico Bordoni, Joe Colombo, Regina, Nino Di Salvatore, Gillo Dorfles, Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari, Luigi Veronesi, Tito Varisco, Carol Rama, Simonetta Vigevani Jung and Lucio Fontana. These prints are quite rare today.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1986 by Imprimerie Arte for the art revue Noise (issue number 6) and published by Maeght in an edition of 2000. Size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (370 x 540 mm). Not signed.

Condition: this work was issued as a folded sheet with a different lithograph printed on back. There are stitch holes along the center crease from the publisher's binding.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed on thin yellow-tinted japon paper. This work was published by Groupe Espace in Milan for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi (1955-56). Size: 12 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (320 x 100 mm) -- there are no margins. Signed in the plate, not by hand.

Condition: there is age-toning to the paper, and an old tape mount on the back.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1958 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 8 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches (214 x 314 mm). There is text on verso, as published. Signed in the plate (not signed by hand).

Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1961 by San Lazzaro for the deluxe art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 16). Size: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (305 x 235 mm). Not signed.

Condition: the sheet has been trimmed slightly.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the second volume (1956-57) of the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 217 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is aging to the paper, and bumps at two corners of the sheet.

Medium: silkscreen / serigraph. Printed in 1955 and published by Groupe Espace in Milan for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi (1955-56). The image measures 4 x 6 inches (100 x 150mm). This work was attached by the publisher onto a support sheet. Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph by artist Regina Cassolo Bracchi, better known simply as Regina. Printed in 1956 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 220 mm). There is text on verso, as issued. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: there is aging to the paper.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate, not by hand.

Condition: There is some aging and creasing to the paper.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1955 and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1955-56 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate, not by hand.

Condition: There is some aging to the paper.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (320 x 222 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is age-toning to the paper.

Medium: serigraph (after Magnelli). Printed in 1952 and published in France by Editions d'Art d'Aujourd'hui, of Boulogne. Image size: 8 1/2 x 7 inches (216 x 177 mm). Sheet size: 12 x 9 inches (302 x 230 mm). This is a richly inked impression on wove paper. Not signed; the artist's name is printed in text in the margin beneath the image.

Medium: original woodcut. Executed for the second volume (1956-57) of the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is age-toning to the paper.

Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi was an ongoing project of the Concrete Art Movement (Movimento arte concreta). This important portfolio consisted of original silkscreens, serigraphs, lithographs, woodcuts and linoleum cuts on various types of paper, compiled into an annual album from 1954-1958. Among the artists represented in this issue were: Enrico Bordoni, Angelo Bozzola, Guiseppe Capogrossi, Galliano Mazzon, Aagaard Andersen, Gianni Monnet, Mario Nigro, Sandro Pessina, Vivaldo Poli, Carol Rama, Regina, Manlio Rho, Nino Di Salvatore, Emilio Scanavino, Gillo Dorfles, Tito Varisco, Luigi Veronesi, Bruno Munari and Simonetta Vigevani Jung. Original prints by most of these artists are rare.

Medium: lithograph (after the original Nils Nixon composition). Printed in 1956 on thin wove paper and published in Stockholm for a Swedish survey of Concrete Art. Size: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (270 x 188 mm). Not signed.

Medium: lithograph (after the original Olle Baertling composition). Printed in 1956 on thin wove paper and published in Stockholm for a Swedish survey of Concrete Art. Image size: 8 x 3 1/4 inches (202 x 83 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (270 x 185 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 by Clot, Bramsen et Georges and issued in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist Times -- a radical journal with anarchist tendencies); this print is now scarce. Size: 10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (273 x 213 mm). The artist's name appears in text beneath the image. Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Executed in 1978 by Franco Gentilini for XXe Siecle (No. 50) and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (307 x 235 mm). A nice impression on quality wove paper. Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Tito Varisco was a well known scenographer (set designer), and this print was inspired by the Bela Bartok opera "The Miraculous Mandarin", and was executed for the second volume (1956-57) of very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Printed on a light brown paper, the full sheet size is 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (218 x 318mm). Signed and titled in the plate, not by hand.

Medium: original lithograph multiple. This unusual work consists of a strip of paper with a lithographed design that can be pulled through another paper section, cut in the shape of a television screen, to create the effect of a moving pattern. As an important scenographer (set designer) in Milan, Tito Varisco had a special interest in the emerging medium of television and its relation to the other visual arts. Published by Groupe Espace in Milan for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi (1955-56). The total sheet measures 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 217mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is age-toning to the paper and a small tear in the viewer section.

Medium: lithograph. Printed in 1956 on thin china paper and published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Image size: 4 1/2 x 5 inches (120 x 125 mm). Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (318 x 215 mm). There is poetry text in the margin at the top left. This Gio Pomodoro print is a fascinating work by an artist best known as a sculptor. Signed in the plate (not by hand).