Marino Marini - Lot with 8 books - 1950-1977

1. Marino Marini. Biography in pictures of Marina
• Title: Marino Marini. Biography in pictures of Marina
• Author/Curator: Marina Marini (aka Mercedes Pedrazzini, wife of the artist)
• Publisher: Albra Editrice, Turin
• Year of publication: 1978
• Page count: 206 pages
• Description: An important large-format biographical volume rich in memories and personal photos from the wife. The softcover shows on the back a famous black-and-white photograph detail of the sculptor within the lens of a camera, combined with stylized drawings of horses. The interior features a pre-printed dedication in Marina’s autograph addressed to the historians and collectors Magda and Riccardo Jucker.

2. Marino Marini. Horses & Cavalieri
• Title: Marino Marini. Horses & Cavalieri
• Author: Enzo Di Martino
• Publisher: Gianfranco Altieri Editore (in collaboration with Telemarket S.p.A., Roncadelle)
• Year of publication: 1997
• Page count: 114 pages
• Description: Red glossy flexible-cover monograph focused entirely on the central theme of Marini’s entire poetic. It features the peculiarity of the institutional double title and texts translated in Chinese characters, designed for exporting graphics and bronzes to Eastern markets.

3. Marino Marini. Lithographs (Edizioni Il Cigno)
• Title: Marino Marini. Lithographs
• Publisher / Type: Monographic catalog of the graphic work
• Year of publication: Circa 1985-1990
• Page count: 64 pages
• Description: Hardcover volume with a black glossy soft cover featuring red and graphite purple lettering. It is entirely focused on the census of the artist’s prints and lithographs. The interior (shown in the next photo) presents a color reproduction applied to a famous lithograph on a dark blue background depicting a stylized horse lying down.

4. Marino Marini. Sculptures, paintings, temperas, drawings, lithographs and etchings 1929-1980
• Title: Marino Marini. Sculptures, paintings, temperas, drawings, lithographs and etchings 1929-1980
• Critical text: Giorgio Guastalla (Foreword by Marina Marini)
• Publisher / Center: Guastalla Centro Arte / Edizioni Graphis Arte, Livorno
• Year of publication: 1988
• Page count: 142 pages
• Description: A prestigious scientific catalog of an exhibition, bound in an orange-red editorial wrapper with a strong black-and-white abstract pictorial detail. The inner title page features a black-and-white archival portrait of the sculptor as a young man and is a fundamental bibliographic tool.

5. Marino Marini Sculptor (Edizioni del Milione)
• Title: Marino Marini Sculptor
• Author: Umbro Apollonio
• Publisher: Edizioni del Milione, Milan (with institutional blind stamp Finarte S.p.A.)
• Series: Monographs of Italian Contemporary Artists, Vol. 3
• Year of publication: 1958 (3rd revised edition)
• Page count: 78 pages of text + 112 plates out of text
• Description: Truly a cornerstone of this section. Vintage hard binding with a light dust jacket showing a famous low-angle view of a monumental stone sculpture. A classic postwar art historiography text with very high documentary and antiquarian value.

6. Marino Marini (Hoepli - Rare Limited Edition)
• Title: Marino Marini
• Text author: Enzo Carli
• Publisher: Ulrico Hoepli Editore, Milan
• Series: Italian Modern Art, No. 29 (Series B - Sculptors No. 7)
• Year of publication: 1950
• Lot specifics: Serial No. 1321 of 1,600 total, printed by the historic Officine Grafiche "Esperia" of Milan with zinc plates by Alfieri & Lacroix.
• Page count: About 16 pages of text + 36 plates out of text
• Description: An absolutely valuable historical and antiquarian piece for postwar art publishing. This numbered limited edition monograph documents the artist’s mature plastic production and shows the typical charming signs of time on the spine binding.

7. Marino Marini. Characters of the XX Century
• Title: Marino Marini. Characters of the XX Century
• Publisher / Entity: Centro Studi Piero della Francesca - Research on Ancient and Modern Sculpture
• Year of publication: Circa 1972-1975
• Page count: About 48 pages
• Description: Vintage monographic catalog in a white square softcover, focused on portraiture and historic figures portrayed by Marini during his career in contrast to the masters of ancient sculpture.

8. Marino Marini. Sculptures, paintings, drawings from 1914 to 1977
• Title: Marino Marini. Sculptures, paintings, drawings from 1914 to 1977
• Catalog curator: Mario De Micheli
• Publisher / Venue: Sansoni Editore, Florence / Exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi Culture Center, Venice
• Year of publication: 1977
• Page count: 112 pages
• Description: Important catalog with a glossy black soft cover published for the great Venice retrospective at Palazzo Grassi. The cover features one of the artist’s famous chromed bronze horses prancing. Includes a substantial critical essay and a detailed biographical register.