1919

FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI (1876-1944) Italy

“Les Mots en Liberte Futuristes” 1919

Bound volume with folding plates
Edizioni Futuriste di “Poesia”
Published by Corso Venezia, 61, Milan

Dimensions:
Book: H: 8 15/8” x W: 5 1/16”
Custom leather box: H: 8 15/16” x W: 6 1/16” x D: 1 3/16”
Custom silk slipcase: H: 10” x W: 16 5/8” x D: 1 7/8”

With this fundamental book whose subject was the so-called “words-in-freedom,” F.T. Marinetti summarized about 15 years of research in the field of the renewal of poetic and literary language. This book features several typographic compositions spread in fold-out pages where the author shows his great creativity in typographic composition by using typefaces of very different style and size, as well as hand-designed typefaces and calligraphic writings. The results are of striking, impressive, visual effects that have since influenced many writers and poets.