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VEDOVA. Electa, Milan 1984. Large 4to, illustrated publisher's wrappers with color reproduction of a gestural work by the Venetian artist. Introductory text by Giulio Carlo Argan, one of the most authoritative historians of twentieth-century Italian art, who traces forty years of friendship and intellectual collaboration with the master of Informalism. Specimen from the archive of the Cultural Affairs Department of the Municipality of Venice, with institutional stamp dated May 1984 and inventory number 620. Publication included in the 'Venice and Culture' cultural program with Bertolli patronage. Rich iconographic documentation of Vedova's work, a central figure of the Italian post-war avant-garde and protagonist of the Venice Biennale.

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Cover with slight wear to edges and light signs of handling; interior clean with institutional stamp of the Municipality of Venice (Archive Copy, dated 4-5-84, no. 620); pages in good condition without evident foxing; spine intact.

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