DEPERO FUTURISTA
ROME, PARIS, NEW YORK 1915 – 1932 AND MORE
Gabriella Belli [Curator] and Marina Beretta [Editor]
Gabriella Belli [Curator] and Marina Beretta [Editor]: DEPERO FUTURISTA [ROME, PARIS, NEW YORK 1915 – 1932 AND MORE]. Milan: Skira, 1999. First edition. A near fine minus hard cover book in a near fine minus dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Interior unmarked and very clean.
10 x 11.5 hard cover book with 196 pages and 130 color and black-and-white illustrations and approx. 100 black-and-white text illustrations. Depero Futurista was published in conjunction with an exhibition on loan to The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach [March 11 – July 26, 1999] from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy.
The book examines the work of Fortunato Depero (1892–1960), a leading figure in Italian Futurism, the avant-garde movement that began in 1909. It examines his paintings, sculpture, graphic design, furniture, decorative objects and staged performance pieces, all of which celebrated technology and sought to break down traditional divisions in the arts.
- ChronoDepero
- The Avant-Garde Period 1914 – 1917
- The Aesthetics of Magic 1917 – 1927
- The Magician's House 1919 – 1927
- America, America 1928 – 1932 and more
- Annexes
- Exhibitions
- Essential Bibliography
Depero's Futuristic works include painting, sculpture, set and costume design, and graphic design. In 1927, he released "Depero-Dinamo Azari," a book bound with bolts, which showcased his graphic design and advertising work. In 1928, he moved to New York, becoming the first and only Italian Futurist to move to the United States. There, he designed covers for publications such as "Vogue," "Vanity Fair," and "The New Yorker."
The rest of his life was spent between Italy and New York, working primarily in the fields of painting and advertising. In 1957, he organized the creation of the Galleria Permanente e Museo Depero in Rovereto, Italy, an institution devoted to preserving and displaying his work and that of other Futurists. He died in 1960.