Early Italian Futurist Books and Drawings,
Part II: Parole in Libertà (Words in Freedom)

F. T. Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944)
Book: Zang tumb tumb, 1914
Letterpress, 7 7/8 x 5 1/2” (20 x 14 cm), closed

Francesco Cangiullo (Italian, 1884–1977)
Ho molte parole in libertà in riserva di molti nuovi paroliberi (I have many words in freedom in store for many new free word collections)—F. T. Marinetti, 1914
Ink on verso of printed letterhead (Grand Hôtel de Londres Naples),
7 3/8 x 11 1/4” (28.5 x 19 cm)

Corrado Govoni (Italian, 1884–1965)
Book: Rarefazioni e parole in libertà (Rarefactions and words in freedom), 1915
Letterpress, 12 1/2 x 9 5/8” (32 x 24.5 cm), closed

Left: Marcello Manni (Italian, 1899–1955)
Crepuscolo (Dusk), 1916
Ink on paper, 12 x 8 1/4” (30.5 x 20.8 cm)
Right: Luciano De Nardis (pseudonym for Livio Carloni) (Italian, [1895]–1964 )
Esecuzione (Execution), c. 1918
Ink on lined paper, mounted on board, 12 1/8 x 8 1/8” (31 x 21 cm)

Acciaio (pseudonym for Ennio Valentinelli) (Austro-Hungarian, 1894–1970)
Dimostrazione interventista (Interventionist Manifestation), 1915
Ink on laid paper, adhered to board, 8 7/8 x 12 1/4” (31.2 x 22.5 cm)

Ardengo Soffici (Italian, 1879–1964)
Book: Bif zf più diciotto (Bif zf plus eighteen), 1919
Letterpress, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2” (19.7 x 14 cm)

April 5, 2022