Pietro Consagra. Catalogo ragionato delle sculture / Catalogue raisonné of the sculptures.
Barbero, Luca Massimo.
Milano : Skira Editore
2018.
The Catalogue raisonné of the Sculptures of Pietro Consagra (Mazara del Vallo, 1920? Milan, 2005) represents the most complete and advanced publication in print on this fundamental aspect of his oeuvre. 00Edited by Luca Massimo Barbero, arranged chronologically and divided according to the different work types found in his vast repertoire, it constitutes a new privileged point of view that thoroughly covers his oeuvre, which reveals not only the extraordinary wealth of works that made him famous but also the great variety of different cycles that constantly nurtured his career. The outcome of the monumental and painstaking work of cataloguing, archiving and documenting the authenticity of the Archivio Pietro Consagra, directed by Gabriella Di Milia, this catalogue raisonné constitutes the first examination of the artist?s sculpture work. With over 650 pages, the catalogue offers an in-depth essay by Luca Massimo Barbero and further historical-artistic analysis by Gabriella Di Milia and Francesca Pola. Completely illustrated in colour, the catalogue includes over 1,600 works made between 1937 and 2004, accompanied by entries that offer a precise bibliographical and exhibition analysis. It documents his early works, from the first sculptures to those realized in Rome after the war, in the context of the European avant-garde, revealing the birth of rigorous abstract investigations, related to synthesis and to colour. 0.
The Catalogue raisonné of the Sculptures of Pietro Consagra (Mazara del Vallo, 1920? Milan, 2005) represents the most complete and advanced publication in print on this fundamental aspect of his oeuvre. 00Edited by Luca Massimo Barbero, arranged chronologically and divided according to the different work types found in his vast repertoire, it constitutes a new privileged point of view that thoroughly covers his oeuvre, which reveals not only the extraordinary wealth of works that made him famous but also the great variety of different cycles that constantly nurtured his career. The outcome of the monumental and painstaking work of cataloguing, archiving and documenting the authenticity of the Archivio Pietro Consagra, directed by Gabriella Di Milia, this catalogue raisonné constitutes the first examination of the artist?s sculpture work. With over 650 pages, the catalogue offers an in-depth essay by Luca Massimo Barbero and further historical-artistic analysis by Gabriella Di Milia and Francesca Pola. Completely illustrated in colour, the catalogue includes over 1,600 works made between 1937 and 2004, accompanied by entries that offer a precise bibliographical and exhibition analysis. It documents his early works, from the first sculptures to those realized in Rome after the war, in the context of the European avant-garde, revealing the birth of rigorous abstract investigations, related to synthesis and to colour. 0.