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FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI (1876-1944) [LES MOTS EN LIBERTÉ FUTURISTES.] Group of 4 typographic plates. 1919. Sizes vary. Edizioni Futuriste di 'Poesia,' Milan. Condition varies, generally A. Each attached to mat on verso with archival tape along edges. Paper. Matted. The tenets of Marinetti's Typographic Revolution (1913) are visually set forth in his typographic masterpiece, Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes (The Futurist Words in Freedom.) The book contains a creative and ingenious variety of hand-designed typefaces, calligraphy and dynamic layouts. "This book is considered the peak of Marinetti's typographic experimentation, reflecting both his gift as a designer, his talent as a visual poet and expositor and his ingenuity as a publicist . . . it is the single work which expresses the doctrine and visual praxis of literary Futurism" (Ex Libris 9, #93 and #94). These are the four typographic collages which have been removed from the book. Group includes: Bataille à 9 Étages; Après la Marne Joffre Visita le Front en Auto; Le Soir, Couchée dans son Lit; and Une Assemblée Tumultueuse. MoMA 731.2006.
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