Walter Valentini - Altare / Cielo Terra - 2006

Walter Valentini,
Altrare - Cieloterra
2006
Artist's book realized in two volumes within a case, e.g. 5/50, signed and numbered on the last page
33 x 24 x 3 cm
Roberto Dossi - Giancarlo Stradella
two books of a single word
case containing a double notebook
with two original engravings by the author
typeset by hand using Bodoni type and with woodcuts on Hahnemühle paper
rigid case half-cloth, magnetic closure, format 33x24x3 cm.

Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and engraving.

Walter Valentini creates limited-edition volumes of high artistic value, on superb handmade paper. The texts are set with the typographic method "monotype" (types designed specifically for the book and then cast in lead). The pages, hand-bound, are accompanied by etchings.