Author: Parmiggiani, Claudio; et al.
Title: Ferro Mercurio Oro.
Description: (Milano): Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, (1999). (1999). - Small quarto [10-1/8 inches high by 7 inches wide], dark blue cloth titled in silver. The covers are lightly rubbed & very slightly bumped. 70 pages. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white plates & full-page illustrations. Near fine.

An "invisible work", made, according to Parmiggiani "for the eyes of the place it belongs to" with no path or sign to it. It consists of casts of the artist's upturned hands in gold set in gold and iron and helicoptered to the top of the Monte de Oro in Corsica. Most of the text is in Italian with Parmiggiani's introduction printed in French and Italian. Fine .

Keywords: ART; CONCEPTUAL ART; INSTALLATION; ITALIAN; CLAUDIO PARMIGGIANI; MONTE DE ORO; CORSICA; FERRO MERCURIO ORO.

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