Thomas B. Hess - Piero dorazio l’opera incisa - 1995

Title: Piero Dorazio. The Intaglio Works (1962 - 1993).
Author/Curator: Gabriele Simongini (well-known art critic, essayist and university lecturer).
Year of publication: 1995.
Number of pages: 258 pages total
Publisher: Edizioni Pananti (Florence).
This book is the official, fully reasoned catalog entirely dedicated to the vast and complex graphic and intaglio production of Piero Dorazio, one of the historical founding fathers and leading exponents of European abstraction and co-founder of the famous Forma 1 group.

The volume maps and scientifically describes as many as 327 engravings made by the artist over more than three decades (from 1962 to 1993). Inside, they are cataloged, with related technical data sheets, print runs and state variants, over 329 illustrations (the majority reproduced in splendid and vivid color fidelity, and the remaining in black and white). This is a fundamental tool for art historians, gallerists and collectors to verify the authenticity and cataloging of etchings, aquatints, lithographs and screenprints by the master.