Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition of paintings by Emilio Vedova shown in the Italian Pavilion of the XXX Biennale Venezia 1960, for which Vedova was awarded the prestigious Gran Premio per la Pittura.
“Self-taught as an artist he attended for a short period the evening decoration classes at the Carmini school. Around 1942 he joined the group Corrente, which also included Renato Birolli, Renato Guttuso, Ennio Morlotti, and Umberto Vittorini. Vedova participated in the Resistance movement from 1943. In 1946 he collaborated with Morlotti on the manifesto Oltre Guernica in Milan and was a founding member of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti in Venice. In this period he began his Geometrie nere series, black and white paintings influenced by Cubist spatiality.” (Mazzoleni)
Title: Emilio Vedova – Grand Prix XXX Biennale Venezia 1960
Authors: with an epilogue by Werner Haftmann
Publisher: Prestel - Verlag, Muchen
Publication date: 1960
Format: beige illustrated cloth-covered boards with original paper belly band
Total Pages: approx. 40 (unpaginated)
Images: illustrated in colour and b/w
Book Condition: very good. spotting to covers, otherwise fine
Stock Number: RB05298 RG
Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition of paintings by Emilio Vedova shown in the Italian Pavilion of the XXX Biennale Venezia 1960, for which Vedova was awarded the prestigious Gran Premio per la Pittura.
“Self-taught as an artist he attended for a short period the evening decoration classes at the Carmini school. Around 1942 he joined the group Corrente, which also included Renato Birolli, Renato Guttuso, Ennio Morlotti, and Umberto Vittorini. Vedova participated in the Resistance movement from 1943. In 1946 he collaborated with Morlotti on the manifesto Oltre Guernica in Milan and was a founding member of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti in Venice. In this period he began his Geometrie nere series, black and white paintings influenced by Cubist spatiality.” (Mazzoleni)
Title: Emilio Vedova – Grand Prix XXX Biennale Venezia 1960
Authors: with an epilogue by Werner Haftmann
Publisher: Prestel - Verlag, Muchen
Publication date: 1960
Format: beige illustrated cloth-covered boards with original paper belly band
Total Pages: approx. 40 (unpaginated)
Images: illustrated in colour and b/w
Book Condition: very good. spotting to covers, otherwise fine
Stock Number: RB05298 RG
