Ottone Rosai - Lot with 7 books - 1972-1984

1. Ottone Rosai (Monograph Mazzotta) –
Type: Large art monograph / Scientific catalogue.
Author / Curator: Luigi Cavallo (with texts by Frediano Farsetti, Erich Steingräber, Evelyn Weiss, Oretta Nicolini).
Publisher: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, Milan.
Year of publication: 1986.
Physical characteristics: Square trade paperback in large format with a fully color-illustrated soft cover (reproduces Rosai's famous work The Players of Tappa). A edition of exceptional critical and historical value.
Pages: 286.

2. Ottone Rosai: Drawings (Galleria Forlai)
Type: Catalogue of the exhibition of graphic works.
Author / Introduction: Piero Pacini.
Publisher: Edizioni d'Arte Galleria Forlai, Florence.
Year of publication: Around the 1970s.
Physical characteristics: Slim vertical trade paperback with a rough light paper cover, illustrated with an urban Tuscan landscape drawing toned sepia.
Pages: About 44

3. Ottone Rosai (Galleria Il Gotico)
Type: Catalogue of a solo exhibition.
Author: Luigi Cavallo.
Publisher / Venue: Edizione Galleria d'Arte Moderna "Il Gotico", Piacenza (Exhibition held from January 15 to February 4, 1972).
Year of publication: 1972.
Physical characteristics: Trade paperback with a glossy white soft cover, front board illustrated with a characteristic Florentine view featuring Rosai's dome.
Pages: 52.

4. Rosai (Diarte / Galleria Bergamini)
Type: Exhibition catalogue co-organized with an auction house.
Author: Luigi Cavallo.
Publisher / Venue: DIARTE S.r.l. / Galleria Bergamini, Milan (Exhibition held October–November 1984).
Notes on edition: On the inner title page (Photo 8) it shows in the upper right the printed header of Finarte Casa d'Aste S.p.A., confirming direct collaboration with the historic Milanese institution.
Physical characteristics: Square trade paperback with a white cover, centered illustrated with a typical Tuscan rural landscape with a road and cypresses.
Pages: 68.

5. Ottone Rosai 1895-1957: Antological Exhibition
Type: Anthological exhibition catalogue.
Author / Introduction: Andrea B. Del Guercio.
Publisher: Edizioni d'Arte Galleria Forlai, Florence.
Year of publication: 1985.
Physical characteristics: White flexible-cover trade paperback with a color reproduction applied to the front cover (a Tuscan hilly landscape). Florence specialist publication prepared for the centenary or critical anniversaries.
Pages: 84.

6. Ottone Rosai: Reminiscences of a Filibustiere / Reminiscences of a Florentine
Type: Literary and illustrated volume / the artist's memoirs.
Author: Ottone Rosai.
Publisher: Vallecchi Editore, Florence.
Edition notes: The inner title page bears in the upper right the embossed stamp of the auction house Finarte Casa d'Aste S.p.A.. Also includes a circular dry stamp of the Italian Authors Editors Society (SIAE). The work includes 24 drawings and 8 color plates out of text.
Year of publication: Vintage reissue from the 1960s/70s (Rosai's original text dates to 1920).
Physical characteristics: Hardcover binding with a colored illustrated dust jacket (view of Florence with the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore).
Pages: 144.

7. Ottone Rosai: Antological Exhibition
Type: Institutional catalogue of an anthological / retrospective show.
Publisher / Venue: Typical monumental catalogue published on the occasion of major public or municipal exhibitions sponsored in Tuscany or in major galleries of Northern Italy (e.g., Palazzo Strozzi or similar).
Physical characteristics: Heavy square binding, white bonded leather-like cover with the artist's name printed in large gray on the right margin. Inner pages are rich with full-page plates in color and black-and-white that trace the entire stylistic arc of the master.
Pages: 210.