Nicolò Dante
The Book of Dictators, 2011
(Milan): Nicolò Dante
One of 300 copies. Signed by the artist on the lower back cover.
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$ 950.00
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Small quarto. (16)ff., divided into thirds to form a cut-figure book, or exquisite corpse. These leaves feature silkscreen prints of a literal rogue's gallery of 20th-century authoritarian leaders from across...
Small quarto. (16)ff., divided into thirds to form a cut-figure book, or exquisite corpse. These leaves feature silkscreen prints of a literal rogue's gallery of 20th-century authoritarian leaders from across the globe, arranged here in alphabetical order. Included are the faces of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Castro, Tito, and many others, all of whose facial features may be combined with others—a statement, perhaps, that points to the singular trait that unites all these figures. A provocative work that, sadly, remains germane. Fine in spiral-bound black printed boards.
