Giorgio Fabbris and Giorgio Spiller, Assenza 1972

Venice, self published, 1972. Paperback, 21 x 15.5 cm, 366 pp. Artists' book promoting the act of one year of Absence as a new artistic approach. The book contains 365 blank pages just listing the days in 1972. The introductory page announces the non-presence of the artists.

Printed statement in Italian and German on loose inserted card. Rare book, mentioned by Germano Celant in 'Book as Artwork 1960/1972', 1972. Some aging, else good.