Gianni Bertini, ABBACO OR EXEMPLARISM. Milan, Edizioni Castelli & Rosati, December 1978. First edition. Original publisher's wrappers, octavo format. Copy with autograph inscription by the author to Milena Milani, writer and art critic connected to Italian avant-garde circles. The inscription reads: 'to that whore Milena. Listen if I'm right I don't know. But the others are wrong. Bertini * you bitch' ? provocative and ironic text, typical of the artist's irreverent language. Fundamental theoretical text in which Bertini expounds his poetics of exemplarism, a movement he founded in the Seventies as a transcendence of Nouveau R?alisme. Cover with normal patina of age, interior fresh. Rare publication on the market, particularly sought after with evidence of direct association with the author.

Cover with light patina of age and slight signs of use at edges, small scattered stains. Interior clean, pages uncut. Autograph inscription by the author to Milena Milani on blank page.