Enrico Prampolini - SCENOTECNICA - 1940

Enrico Prampolini – Scenotecnica (Quaderni della Triennale, 1940)

Rare first edition / Avantgarde design & theater history

For sale is a significant and rare work on modern stage set design and scenography by Enrico Prampolini (1894–1956), one of the leading figures of Italian Futurism and the avant-garde. The book was published in 1940 by Ulrico Hoepli (Milan) as part of the Quaderni della Triennale series (Director: Giuseppe Pagano, Design: Antonio Marchi).

Auction highlights & details:
Author: Enrico Prampolini
Title: Scenotecnica
Series: Quaderni della Triennale
Publisher: Ulrico Hoepli Editore, Milano
Year of publication: 1940 (January 1940 - XVIII)
Language: Italian
Extent: 177 pages with numerous illustrations, biographies and registers (includes references to prominent avant-garde artists such as Picasso, Braque, De Chirico, Prampolini, and many more)
Binding: Original softcover with dust jacket / flap jacket (Original Softcover with Dust Jacket)

Condition description:
Overall condition: Good to acceptable for a document of time history over 80 years old.
Dust jacket / cover: Original protective dust jacket present with slight age and wear traces. Small water/moisture spot at the upper edge (see detail photos).
Interior: Clean and complete. Age-related darkening of the pages. At the binding/spine there are partially adhesive or binding traces/loosening visible (see photos).
Special features: Pencil notes/price indications on the dust jacket and endpaper.