NY/Turin: P.S. 1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources/Umberto Allemandi & C.: 1985. 263pp; b&w and color plates. 4to. Printed cardboard covers, white cloth backstrip. Light toning to edges of leaves; some denting to cardboard covers, as usual. Better than very good.
Catalog published on the occasion of an important 1985 retrospective of the Arte Povera movement at P.S. 1. With a preface by Alanna Heiss, and a long prologue by Germano Celant, followed by plates of work by a dozen artists included in the show; chronology, lists of works, and bibliography at rear. The show included work by Giovanna Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabro, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gilberto Zorio. Laid in to this copy are two folded sheets inviting membership in The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, and a future mailings signup card from the Italian co-publisher.
