Bidspirit auction | SANTOS (Abílio-José). CARÍSSIMOS Senhores. Lisboa.

SANTOS (Abílio-José). CARÍSSIMOS Senhores. Lisboa. 1985. - SANTOS (Abílio-José) CARÍSSIMOS Senhores . In: Poemografias: perspectivas da poesia visual portuguesa. Org. Fernando Aguiar e Silvestre Pestana. Lisboa: Ulmeiro, 1985. (pp. 105-118). Datado: Maia, 31 de Janeiro de 1984. Lisboa: Ulmeiro, 1985. pp. 105-118; 230 mm. Brochado, com capa em cartolina tipo 'kraft'. Fictitious offprint from the text ”Dearest Gentlemen, ” by Abílio-José Santos (Maia, 1926-1992), extracted from Poemographies: perspectives of Portuguese visual poetry (Lisbon: Ulmeiro, 1985), the fundamental anthology of the second generation of Portuguese visual poetry, organized by Fernando Aguiar and Silvestre Pestana. The volume, with 274 pages, brings together works by Abílio-José Santos, Alberto Pimenta, Ana Hatherly, Antero de Alda, António Aragão, António Barros, EM de Melo e Castro, Fernando Aguiar, José-Alberto Marques, Salette Tavares and Silvestre Pestana, and constitutes the first extensive anthology of Portuguese visual poetry beyond the notebooks of the 1960s. Abílio's text, dated January 31, 1984, is a manifesto-letter of a critical and political nature, characteristic of his writing style that lies between pamphleteering essay and poetic intervention. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate