PIERO MANZONI 1933 – 1963. 1964. (WITH FAKE FUR COVERS)

Eindhoven: van Abbemuseum, n.d. (1964)

26.5 x 24cm, 20pp plus soft boards covered with fake fur – first edition of this exhibition catalogue which was published immediately after the early and unexpected death of the artist (due to alcoholism) with texts in Italian and Dutch. Twenty-four b/w reproductions after works, a biography by Henk Peeters as well as a listing of 81 items on display. Very scarce in this edition due to the publishers running out of artificial fur to cover the book and used a less attractive material on the remaining copies of the book. General design executed by Jan van Toorn (but not the Slowscan publisher) after Manzoni. Fine.