Futura: The Artist's Monograph, Rizzoli, 1st U.S. Ed., 2020, Near Fine

McCormick, Carlo, et al. Futura: The Artist's Monograph (New York: Rizzoli, 2020).

English, First U.S. Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12" x 9 1/4," 255 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 9780847866021

First U.S. Edition: printer's key on copyright page beginning with "10" and ending in "1." Black paper-covered boards with white lettering on spine. Covers have light rubbing to front and back and slight bumping and rubbing to head and tail of spine and tips, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations. Beautiful monograph about the art of Futura (pseudonym of Leonard Hilton McGurr; b. 1955), an American graffiti artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. Futura is perhaps best-known for his abstract graffiti. He was a pioneer in the movement of abstract street art. Introduction by Carlo McCormick. Texts by Virgil Abloh, Agnes b., Jeffrey Deitch, Sky Gellatly, Takashi Murakami, NIGO, and Lee Quinones.