Bruno Munari / Supplemento al dizionario italiano – Supplement to the Italian Dictionary – Supplement au dictionnaire italien – Anhang zum italienischen Wörterbuch
MUNARI Bruno (Milano 1907 - Milano 1998)
Torino, Carpano, 1958, 15x10,5 cm., paperback, pp. 80
black and white photograph on the cover (half-length Munari in the characteristic gesture of ordering a "Punt e mes"), 30 black and white photographs with different hand gestures, accompanied by captions in Italian, English, French and German. First edition.
Bibliography: Maffei 2002: pag. 92; Munari 1995: pag. 285).
MUNARI Bruno (Milano 1907 - Milano 1998)
Torino, Carpano, 1958, 15x10,5 cm., paperback, pp. 80
black and white photograph on the cover (half-length Munari in the characteristic gesture of ordering a "Punt e mes"), 30 black and white photographs with different hand gestures, accompanied by captions in Italian, English, French and German. First edition.
Bibliography: Maffei 2002: pag. 92; Munari 1995: pag. 285).
MUNARI Bruno (Milano 1907 - Milano 1998)
Torino, Carpano, 1958, 15x10,5 cm., paperback, pp. 80
black and white photograph on the cover (half-length Munari in the characteristic gesture of ordering a "Punt e mes"), 30 black and white photographs with different hand gestures, accompanied by captions in Italian, English, French and German. First edition.
Bibliography: Maffei 2002: pag. 92; Munari 1995: pag. 285).
"The gestures of Italians are famous all over the world, but not all foreigners and not even all Italians understand their meaning. Hence the usefulness of this "supplement to the Italian dictionary", in which Bruno Munari has collected and illustrated the principal gestures of current use.(...) The small volume is offered by the Carpano firm of Turin, producer of the famous vermouth Punt e Mes. This vermouth, whose name means "point and a half", is not only the oldest of Italian vermouths, but it's also the only one you can order in a bar without opening your mouth: with a gesture".
