A complete run in 4 issues (112, 125, and 119 pp., 4th issue unpaginated) of the landmark experimental and concrete poetry journal. Octavo (approx. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches, no. 4 slightly smaller). Original printed wrappers, nos. 1 through 3 with red and black arrow design, no. 4 with red and white concrete poetry design. Foxing and toning to covers of first three issues, no. 4 with some light rubbing and edgewear to wrappers, interiors mostly clean, overall very good. Torino: Turin Graf, 1961-1966.

A scarce complete collection of Antipiugiù, the irregularly-published experimental magazine dedicated to art, poetry, and music. It was founded and directed by Arrigo Lora Totino (1928-2016), a noted Italian artist and poet considered to be one of the fathers of Italian sound poetry. Editors of the magazine included Armando Novero, Alfredo de Palchi, and Giuseppe Davide Polleri.

The four issues contain prose and poetry contributions from Armando Novero, Aldo Passoni, Giuseppe Davide Polleri, Sergio Acutis, Arrigo Lora Totino, Celeste Micheletta, Paolo Carra, Giorgio De Monte, Carrega, Sergio Quartesan, Salvatore Caruselli, Sergio Hediger, Franz Mon, Karl Heinz Roth, Chris Bezzel, Alberto Tomiolo, Jochen Lobe, John Ashbery, Franco Rella, Ladislav Novák, Jackson Mac Low, David Antin, Maria Schiavo, Josef Hirsal, and Claus Bremer.

According to writer and curator Laura Rositani, "In the 1960s, the publication of magazines by artists themselves became an avenue for self-promotion and the search for one's own dimension and independence also in the field of communication...Lora Totino's publishing experience also stands out due to the enormous network of contacts he managed to develop, which would soon lead him to become one of the international protagonists of visual, concrete and sound poetry. The first magazine he was among the creators of was Antipiugiù, in 1959...Antipiugiù represented one of the first magazines of the new-avant-garde, aimed at overcoming the literary situation of the time, identified on the one hand with hermeticism and on the other hand with a more politically-engaged neorealism." ("Singlossia", Laura Rositani, www.neroeditions.com, May 11, 2023)

A scarce and important magazine of avant-garde visual and concrete poetry; as of September 2025, OCLC locates five holdings in North American libraries.

Book ID: 53539

Price: $2,750.00