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Svolgere la propria pelle, 1970

Title
Svolgere la propria pelle, 1970 / Giuseppe Penone ; a cura di Franco Mello ; foto Claudio Basso.
Author
Penone, Giuseppe.
Publication
Torino : Sperone editore, editarte, c1971.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Ital. 1971 13-33Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308
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Additional Authors
  • Mello, Franco.
  • Basso, Claudio.
  • Sperone editore, editarte. pbl
Description
[105] p. : all ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
  • Contains 607 reproductions of closeup photographs of Penone's skin, photographed through a glass slide by Claudio Basso. They are printed 6 to a page, except for p. [8], [30], [44], [80], [87], [97] and [104], which have respectively 5, 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 and 5. No text except colophon (p. [105]).
  • "In this piece, Penone photographed a glass slide pressed against different parts of his body until he had recorded his entire anatomy; the corporeal fragments ... were then reassembled into a grid of tiny mercator projections mapping his personal landscape"--Web site of Metropolitan Museum of Art, viewed Feb. 26, 2013. Describes a version of the work consisting of gelatin silver photoprints.
Uniform Title
Svolgere la propria pelle
Alternative Title
Svolgere la propria pelle
Subject
  • Penone, Giuseppe
  • Skin in art
  • Artists' books
Genre/Form
  • Photobooks.
  • Artists' books – Italy – 20th century.
Note
  • Title from colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Issued in white paper covers, in translucent glassine book jacket.
Call Number
MEMZ (Penone) 84-1387
OCLC
26958595
Author
Penone, Giuseppe.
Title
Svolgere la propria pelle, 1970 / Giuseppe Penone ; a cura di Franco Mello ; foto Claudio Basso.
Imprint
Torino : Sperone editore, editarte, c1971.
Binding
Issued in white paper covers, in translucent glassine book jacket.
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy: Gift of the artist; accompanied by letter (S. Raffaele, 5/4/95) from Penone to Robert Rainwater, curator of the Spencer Collection.
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).
Added Author
Mello, Franco.
Basso, Claudio. Photographer
Sperone editore, editarte. Publisher
Research Call Number
MEMZ (Penone) 84-1387
Spencer Coll. Ital. 1971 13-33
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