Oct 01, 2014 - Sale 2358

Sale 2358 - Lot 103

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(FUTURISM.) Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso. Group of 11 manifestos by Marinetti including 2 in response to him. Plus a hand-addressed and stamped mailing label from Movimento Futurista (Marinetti, Dir.). Each 4 pages. 292x232 mm; 11 1/2x9 1/8 inches, folded, central horizontal crease, some with vertical folds. Includes duplicates. All but the first published by Direzione del Movimento Futurista, printed by A. Taveggia. Milan, 1909-14

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Fontazione e Manifesto del Futurismo. Italian edition of Manifeste du futurisme published in Le Figaro on February 20, 1909. Milan: Via Senato, nd, but printed soon after original Manifesto dei Drammaturghi Futuristi. Large tear across top of front cover affecting title. October 11, 1910 Saint-Point, Valentine. Manifesto della Donna futurista. 2 copies. March 25, 1912 Manifesto tecnico della letteratura futurista. March 11, 1912 Supplemento al Manifesto tecnico della letteratura futurista. Soiled. August 11, 1912 L'Immaginazione senza Fili e le Parole in Libertà. 2 copies. May 11, 1913 Il Teatro di Varietà. September 29, 1913 Abbasso il Tango e Parsifal! January 11, 1914. Single 8vo sheet, printed recto and verso. An odd and amusing manifesto in which Marinetti rails against two of his hates: Wagner's Parsifal and the Tango In Quest'anno Futurista. A glorification of combat ("the only health giver of the world"), calling upon students to enter the conflict and eschew passivity. November 29, 1914.