Nuclear Art, Arte Nucleare - Il Gesto: Registratore nucleare

Milan, Galleria Schwarz, 1962. Edited by Tristan Sauvage (pseudonym of Arturo Schwarz). Deluxe edition of two volumes, numbered 52 of a limited edition of 190 copies. Includes a book and a portfolio contained within a black cardboard slipcase. 37 x 27 x 9 cm, featuring an amazing archive of the Nuclear Art movement. (1) Portfolio binder, 35.5 x 27 x 5 cm, containing 30 numbered original documents including a periodical (Il Gesto), artworks (lithographs/etchings) and manifestos of the Nuclear Art Movement. Contains: four issues (all published) of Il Gesto Rassegna Internazionale delle Forme Libere, published in Milan, 1955-1959. With original lithographs by Colombo, Fontana, Pomodoro, text contributions by G. Bertini et al.

The collection also comprises 26 original documents, manifestos, and exhibition catalogues, such as: 'Manifeste de la Peinture Nucléaire' (1952); the inaugural exhibition of the Movimento Nucleare in Milan, 1952; Asger Jorn at Galleria L'Asterisco, Rome 1954 (with an original lithograph by Jorn); a lithograph by Joe Colombo; 'Exposizione Alt 1955' (featuring an original litho by Baj); multiple Enrico Baj catalogues; 'Esposizione Il Gesto 1955'; 'Contro le Style/The End of Style, 1957'; 'Arte Nucleare' at Galleria S. Fedele, Milan 1957; 'Interplanetary Art' by Sergio Dangelo 1961 (with a signed original etching, numbered 53/200), among others. (2) Publication 'Nuclear Art' by Tristan Sauvage, New York, Maestro, 1962. Hardcover with original acetate wrapper, measuring 30.5 x 25 cm, 242 pages, housed in a separate black cardboard sleeve. The exterior of the slipcase is slightly soiled, but the portfolio, inserts, and book are in very good condition. Scarce.