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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 13-32Schwarzman 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 photographic prints.
Uniform Title
Svolgere la propria pelle
Alternative Title
Svolgere la propria pelle
Subject
  • Penone, Giuseppe
  • Skin in art
  • Arte povera
Genre/Form
  • Artists' books – Italy – 20th century.
  • Photobooks.
Note
  • Special ed. of 25 copies, numbered and signed, accompanied by a suite of the ill. on loose sheets of chine; issued together in a case.
  • Title from colophon.
Binding (note)
  • Issued in white paper covers, in translucent glassine book jacket. Book and suite issued together in a black imitation leather-covered case, lettered in gilt.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ital. 1971 13-32
OCLC
828691738
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.
Edition
[Ed. speciale]
Local Note
Spencer Coll. copy is no. 7/25; signed by Penone and dated "1970."
Binding
Issued in white paper covers, in translucent glassine book jacket. Book and suite issued together in a black imitation leather-covered case, lettered in gilt.
Place of Publication
Italy Turin.
Added Author
Mello, Franco.
Basso, Claudio. Photographer
Sperone editore, editarte. Publisher
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ital. 1971 13-32
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