Futurismo - Sant'Elia. N. 2 - 1934

Rare original issue: Sant'Elia. Architecture - Furnishings - Building materials. Biweekly. Year II no. 2. Rome, January 15, 1934—XII. Directors Architects Angiolo Mazzoni - Mino Somenzi. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, first collaborator. 6 pages. In this issue: Sant'Elia and Marinetti at the front (drawing by Achille Funi) - Cinematic environments - A precursor of modern urban planning - The Post Office Building of Littoria - The master plan of Busto Arsizio - A statue cast for the Palermo Post Office Palace - Littorals of 1934 - etc. In good condition - normal central crease mark also given the remarkable size of the sheet - browning near the crease.

Sant'Elia» was an important avant-garde Futurist magazine founded and directed by Mino Somenzi in Rome in the early 1930s. The periodical took its name from the famous Futurist architect Antonio Sant'Elia (who died prematurely in 1916) and focused specifically on the themes of architecture, furnishings, and building materials. The origins (July–September 1933): Initially, «Sant'Elia» did not originate as an autonomous title, but as an insert occupying the last and the third-to-last page of the newspaper «Futurismo» (also directed by Somenzi), from no. 45-46 to no. 53-54. The autonomous debut (October 1933): In issue 55 of «Futurismo» the birth of the independent magazine was announced. The first official issue as a “large illustrated biweekly” appeared on October 8, 1933. The magazine saw the close collaboration of journalist Mino Somenzi and the Futurist architect and engineer Angiolo Mazzoni. Printed in a large format (about 640×435 mm) with multi-color texts and rich in avant-garde illustrations, it became the official organ of the new Futurist architectural movement.