Piero Manzoni, 12 Linee. Milan, Azimut, 1959

Scarce catalogue of Manzoni's first show at Galleria Azimut. Staple bound, 24 x 17 cm, 8 pp. including ill. cover. Text by Agnetti in French, English and Italian. Very good copy. Azimut was an artist-run space founded by Manzoni and Castellani, located in a basement at Via Clerici 12 in Milan. It was inaugurated on the 4th of December 1959 with Manzoni’s solo show Le Linee. This was the first presentation of the -later to become famous- Linee series, drawings of a single line on a length of paper, signed, rolled up and sealed in a cardboard tube. The experimental space only lasted 8 months but presented 13 exhibitions featuring international avant garde artists. Manzoni and Castellani also directed an artists' periodical titled Azimuth, launched in the same year.

Added: Piero Manzoni, exhibition poster Galleria Schwarz Milan 1964. Offwhite sheet, 57 x 33 cm, printed both sides, folded twice. Published on the occasion of Manzoni's first posthumous exhibition in February 1964. Recto features the name of the artist and the announcement of the exhibition; verso presents memorial texts from critics, artists and friends of Manzoni, among these Baj, Castellani, Dorfles, Fontana, Schwarz et al. Very good condition. (total 2)