Guglielmo Achille Cavellini (GAC), large lot

Contains: (1) Three signed poststamp sheets. (2) Three large signed posters: International Postage 333 (80 x 60 cm), Venezia Palazza Ducale (100 x 70 cm) and International Postage 33 (140 x 100 cm). All with added text and drawings in black marker, signed and dedicated to Bart Boumans, 1982. With original envelope. (3) 'A work of Art by Cavellini to be framed', 27.5 x 30 cm, signed collage.(4) Signed card. (5) Printed text, 4 pp. 'A letter of thanks to my Enemies', July 1979.

(6) Six artists' books (self-)published by Gutenberg and Ed. Nuovi Strumenti, Brescia: Cimeli (1975), Continuo La Serie delle Mie (1975), The Diaries of GAC (1975), 1946-1976 In the Jungle of Art (1976), 25 Quadri della Collezione Cavellini (1976), Nemo Propheta in Patria (1978). (7) Catalogue, GAC: Commune di Ferrare (1973), signed on front cover. (total 16) Guglielmo Achille Cavellini (1914 –1990), was an Italian (conceptual and mail) artist and art collector. In 1971 he started a process of 'autostoricizzazione' (self-historicization), promoting an invented personal history as a celebrated artist. He created posters, stickers, stamps etc. announcing exhibitions in world famous museum that would take place in 2014 to honor the centennial of his birth.