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| Ezra Pound, Gaudier-Brzeska, All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro, Milano 1957 (immagine tratta dal link) |
Nell'ultimo inserto domenicale dedicato alla Bibliofilia de Il Sole 24 Ore è uscito un bell'articolo di Vanni Scheiwiller, che ricorda la sua attività di editore di libri pregiati, inediti e sempre speciali.
Mi è tornato alla mente, così, un libretto da lui edito nel '57, quando la casa editrice aveva ormai mutato il proprio nome - e la gestione, affidata al giovane Vanni dal padre - in All'insegna del pesce d'oro, da una locanda eletta da lui e altri compagni di viaggio a luogo di incontro.
Il testo si pone come una delle testimonianze del legame di Ezra Pound con l'Italia, di cui Scheiwiller ne fu l'editore ufficiale per anni. Si tratta del catalogo della mostra organizzata da Vanni e Guido Le Noci presso la Galleria Apollinaire di Milano, un luogo che in quegli anni ospitò non pochi eventi cruciali per quanto riguarda l'arte contemporanea. In quell'occasione Pound omaggiò lo scultore Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, appartenente a quel movimento "vorticista" il cui termine fu coniato da Pound stesso. Pur colmo di echi futuristi, peraltro riscontrabili anche in questo catalogo, il movimento nacque come reazione al Cubismo e al Futurismo.
Il catalogo fu stampato in 500 esemplari numerati e al momento le sue valutazioni oscillano tra i 70 e 170 euro. Una copia è in vendita presso il noto Studio Bibliografico Marini, specializzato in "cimeli" degli anni Sessanta, soprattutto per quanto riguarda l'arte.
In the last sunday's column, dedicated to bibliophilia, of the magazine Il Sole 24 Ore's Vanni Scheiwiller wrote about his experience as editor of precious, unreleased and always special books.
So I remembered a book printed by him in 1957, when the publishing house was already having a different name - All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro (from a restaurant where Vanni and his friends used to hang out) and supervisor: Vanni himself, succeeding his father.
The book is somehow a document of the Ezra Pound's presence in Italy, whose official publisher for years was Scheiwiller.
It is the catalogue of the exhibition organized by Vanni and Guido Le Noci at the Apollinaire gallery in Milan, which in that years was helding very important events for the contemporary art.
On that occasion Pound made an homage to the sculptor Henry Gaudier-Brzeska, who was part of the Vorticism (the name was invented by Pound himself).
Athough it had many relations with Futurism, which are evident also in this book, the movement was born against Cubism and Futurism.
The catalogue was printed in 500 numbered copies and at the moment its estimations goes from 70 to 170 euros. There is one copy available at the renowned Studio Bibliografico Marini, specialized in art books from 60s.
In the last sunday's column, dedicated to bibliophilia, of the magazine Il Sole 24 Ore's Vanni Scheiwiller wrote about his experience as editor of precious, unreleased and always special books.
So I remembered a book printed by him in 1957, when the publishing house was already having a different name - All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro (from a restaurant where Vanni and his friends used to hang out) and supervisor: Vanni himself, succeeding his father.
The book is somehow a document of the Ezra Pound's presence in Italy, whose official publisher for years was Scheiwiller.
It is the catalogue of the exhibition organized by Vanni and Guido Le Noci at the Apollinaire gallery in Milan, which in that years was helding very important events for the contemporary art.
On that occasion Pound made an homage to the sculptor Henry Gaudier-Brzeska, who was part of the Vorticism (the name was invented by Pound himself).
Athough it had many relations with Futurism, which are evident also in this book, the movement was born against Cubism and Futurism.
The catalogue was printed in 500 numbered copies and at the moment its estimations goes from 70 to 170 euros. There is one copy available at the renowned Studio Bibliografico Marini, specialized in art books from 60s.
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