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L'anguria lirica: lungo poema passionale (The Lyrical Watermelon: A Long Passionate Poem)

Bruno MunariWW-1933-M128016

1933·Illustrated book 21 metal [tin?] leaves with lithographs of text and images, bound with a cylindrical metal spine·book, closed: 8 1/8 × 6 11/16 × 1" (20.7 × 17 × 2.5 cm); sheet (each): 7 11/16 × 6 1/16" (19.5 × 15.4 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1933
Medium: Illustrated book 21 metal [tin?] leaves with lithographs of text and images, bound with a cylindrical metal spine
Dimensions: book, closed: 8 1/8 × 6 11/16 × 1" (20.7 × 17 × 2.5 cm); sheet (each): 7 11/16 × 6 1/16" (19.5 × 15.4 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Bruno Munari

Artist

Bruno Munari

Sculpture

Bruno Munari was an Italian artist, designer, and theorist whose practice encompassed painting, sculpture, graphic design, and kinetic objects. Working across multiple disciplines from the 1930s onward, he developed a visual language rooted in geometric abstraction and functional form. His investigations into motion, light, and material tactility produced influential work in industrial design, children's education, and experimental art. Munari's writings on design methodology and visual perception established him as a key figure in postwar European modernism.

Milan, Italy

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