SEUPHOR, Michel. Capogrossi. Venice: Edizioni del Cavallino, 1954. First edition of the first monograph dedicated to the master of Italian sign-based abstractionism Giuseppe Capogrossi, written by the celebrated critic Michel Seuphor. Quarto volume, publisher's boards with illustrated dust jacket by the artist himself featuring the characteristic 'forks' of his visual vocabulary. Contains reproductions of works and a photograph of the artist by Paolo Monti. Publication of the historic Venetian gallery Il Cavallino by Carlo Cardazzo, the epicenter of Italian postwar avant-garde. Essential document for the study of Italian Informalism and the Gruppo Origine.

Dust jacket present with light wear to edges and minor signs of age; interior apparently clean; binding solid. Small superficial abrasions on the cover.