Man Ray - Tutti gli scritti. Feltrinelli - 1981

Man Ray. All writings. Edited by Janus. Milan, Feltrinelli, 1981. First edition. 22.5 x 22 cm, hardcover, dust jacket, slipcase, 543 pages. 16 color plates and over 300 black-and-white. In excellent condition – slight signs of use. Auction without reserve!!!!!

"Arte e teoria dell'arte" is a famous Feltrinelli series published since the 1970s. The volumes of this historic series are instantly recognizable by their large, square format, the clothbound cover protected by a dust jacket, and especially the characteristic yellow spine bearing the titles in black. This series was fundamental to the history of art criticism in Italy, as it gathered in monumental, rigorous, and richly illustrated editions all the writings of the greatest pioneers of modern art and the avant-garde.
Vasilij Kandinskij – All writings (published in 2 volumes). It includes essential theoretical texts such as Point and Line in the Plan and On the Spiritual in Art, as well as the Bauhaus courses, poems, and theatrical writings.
René Magritte – All writings (edited by André Blavier). A colossal collection of over 700 pages that includes letters, manifestos, aphorisms, and reflections on the surrealism of the Belgian master.
Piet Mondrian – All writings (edited by Harry Holtzman). The volume collects the complete theoretical production and essays on Neoplasticism by the Dutch painter.
Carlo Carrà – All writings (edited by Massimo Carrà). A fundamental work for understanding Futurism and the evolution toward Metaphysical painting in Italy.
Umberto Boccioni – The published and unpublished writings (edited by Zeno Birolli). The complete collection of diaries, letters, and theoretical manifestos of the leading figure of plastic Futurism.
Man Ray – All writings (edited by Janus, published in the early 1980s). The definitive anthology of the artist’s literary texts, word games, and photographic and Dadaist reflections.
Kazimir Malevič – Writings (edited by Andrei B. Nakov). Key theoretical texts related to the birth of Suprematism.
Paul Klee – Theory of form and figuration (edited by Jürg Spiller). Though not titled “All writings,” it is fully part of the same series with the same visual design and gathers the artist’s famous lectures and theoretical notes.