GIANNI MONNET : Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 17), 1949, hand signed

By MONNET Gianni

Gianni Monnet (1912–1958)
Abstract composition (Arte concreta, plate 17), 1949
Arte concreta, 4th portfolio — Milan, Salto Editore, October 1949

Original colour lithograph on paper

Signed in pencil

Dimensions: Unfolded sheet 32.5 × 44 cm (12.8 × 17.3 in.) — Image 21.5 × 22 cm (8.5 × 8.7 in.)

Condition: Good condition, a few scattered foxing spots. Unframed.

Published in an edition of 250 numbered copies, with a text by Giulio Carlo Argan. This copy is numbered 152/250.

A copy of the portfolio’s justification page (edition statement) will be provided on request.

Monnet was the organising force of the MAC, driving its publishing and exhibition programme, of which this portfolio is part.

References: Maffei, M.A.C. Movimento Arte Concreta. L’opera editoriale, Milano, Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004. British Museum, London, inv. 1989,0722.3.17.