Miki, Tamon and Luciana Benzi — Cecco Bonanotte 1971-1984

Recanati, Edizione Privata, 1984. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: Square 4to 9" - 11" tall. Quite scarce to the trade, there being only a single additional copy available currently on-line. a fine homage to the Italian artist and sculptor Cecco Bonanotte, with texts by Tamon Miki and Luciana Benzi, being translated from the original Italian by Marina Bocca and from Japanese by Kie Yoshimuki. Additional contributions, for example, by Franco Simongini ("Five poems for Cecco"), Gregor Martin Lechner, Buchsbaum, Hideho Nishida, Tamon Miki, Masataka Ogawa, Blanche Weicherding, Christopher Hume, Lee Kyung Lung, Yoom Woo Hak, Franco Simongini, Tommaso Paloscia, Paola Promisqui, Carlo Giacomozzi. Texts in Japanese, English and Italian. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, and only minor wear to the covers. With 170 full-color plates, including in fold-out, and complete with biography, bibliography and exhibition activity of the artist. 196 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine