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Lot 102: RUSSOLO, Luigi (1883-1947). L'arte dei rumori. Milan: Edizioni Fututiste di "Poesia," 1916.

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USD
Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 15, 2011

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RUSSOLO, Luigi (1883-1947). L'arte dei rumori. Milan: Edizioni Fututiste di "Poesia," 1916.

4υo (214 x 158 mm). Photographic portrait frontispiece and one plate. Original wrappers (some staining, splitting to upper joint).

FIRST EDITION of the Art of Noise, a Futurist manifesto written in a 1913 letter to the Futurist composer Francesco Balilla Pratella. "Ancient life was all silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born" (page 9).

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Property from The Collection of Robert Shapazian


Auction Details

Books & Manuscripts

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Christie's
November 15, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US