Andres Serrano Body and Soul Box

First edition, first printing. This first Italian edition was limited to 1500 numbered copies. Soft cover. Illustrated stiff 'fold-over' wrappers. Includes biographical notes, exhibition history and bibliography. Texts (in English and Italian) by Lanfranco Colombo, Roberto Pinto and Marzio Tremaglia. 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. This unique 'portfolio' catalogue has four 'flaps' that open successively to "reveal the photographs and their author." The inserts consist of 33 separate printed cards. 32 four-color plates individually printed on cards (also 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches). Includes images from the series The Morgue (Cause of Death), The Church, Budapest, American Indians, Klanswomen and Klansmen, Bodily Fluids (Blood, Ejaculate) and Nomads. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Andres Serrano, Body and Soul, at the Diaframma Gallery in Milan. Also, the first in the new "Wunderkammer" series of fine art publications by Edizioni L'Archivolto. Scarce.