This beautiful and scarce authoritative monograph on the Italian contemporary master Valerio Adami was co-authored by Hubert Damisch and Henry Martin. Published in 1974 by Bruckmann in Munich, this edition features the publisher’s classic square-format hardcover binding and offers a comprehensive survey of Adami’s career, including a detailed biography, exhibition chronology, and an extensive catalogue of key works. As a central figure of the Narrative Figuration movement, Adami developed a highly distinctive visual language. The cover itself exemplifies his signature aesthetic: bold black contours inspired by cloisonné techniques sharply delineate saturated fields of pure color, creating an intellectual visual syntax that evokes the graphic immediacy of comic strips while carrying profound philosophical depth. Of particular significance, the half-title page bears the artist’s original handwritten signature, greatly enhancing the book’s documentary and collectible value. The volume is further enriched by three exquisitely produced original color lithographs, alongside numerous finely printed color plates reproducing the artist’s most important works. Both a major scholarly resource for the study of Adami’s Pop-inflected narrative style and a highly desirable collector’s edition, this publication stands as an important reference in postwar European art history. The book is in good condition and comes with its original cardboard slipcase.