Mèla. Complete set Nos. 1-5

Florence, Bianconero Edizione d'Arte, 1976-1981. Edited by Maurizio Nannucci. Assembling magazine featuring texts and images by numerous international artists. Each issue comprises a large loose sheet, 98 x 68 cm, folded into 32 pages of 24.5 x 17 cm, printed b/w. With index and list of associated art institutes, publishers and archives.

Comprises: No. 1 Autumn 1976, No. 2 Spring 1977, No. 3 Autumn 1978, No. 4 Winter 1979/80, No. 5 Autumn 1981. Artists' contributions by Coum, Ray Johnson, Hans Peter Feldmann, Dorothy Iannone, Alison Knowles, Ben Vautier, On Kawara, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Niele Toroni, Lawrence Weiner, Sol Lewitt, James Lee Byars, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, and many others. Mèla was available at Zona (Florence), Other Books and So (Amsterdam), Walter König (Cologne), Printed Matter (New York), Art Metropole (Toronto) , Ecart (Geneva), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Jean Brown Archive, Hans Sohm Archive, Franklin Furnace et al. The artists' publication is fully titled 'Aperiodico di scrittura ed immagini da marciana isola d'Elba. Pagine e documenti raccolti da Maurizio Nannucci.' Good copies. Scarce full set. (total 5)