First edition, one of 1,000 copies (no. 487). 29 b&w illustrations of Brancusi’s sculptures and drawings, as well as several photographic portraits of the artist and his work. 48mo., 10x7.4cm, 15, [7], 28, [14]pp. Stiff plain white paper wrappers covered by original cream dust-jacket, printed in red and black text on front cover and black on spine, with a Brancusi drawing reproduced on the front cover. Milan, All’insegna del pesce d’oro, 1957.
Fine.
A translation into Italian by Mary de Rachewiltz of Pound’s 1921 essay on Constantin Brancusi, originally published in the Little Review. Included in this very small volume are a series of photographs of the artist and his work.