Sunday, January 13, 2013

Esso Rivista

















Italian journal Esso Rivista circa early 70s. I believe this is a trade magazine of Esso (as in Exxon oil), with the title also signifying as "It Magazine." All images ebay.it

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  1. These are great! As far as I understand with my poor italian, it was Esso's house organ indeed (existing from 1949-83), and they collaborated with artists for covers and inserts.
    There was an exhibition about it:
    http://www.fondazionemarch.org/collezione-esso
    With a catalogue:
    http://www.amazon.de/Raccolta-Darte-Esso-1949-1983-Biographies/dp/8837056877

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  2. Some installation views from the exhibit: http://www.archilovers.com/p5795/mostra-la-raccolta-d-arte-esso-1949-1983

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  3. Ah cool, looks great. I like the huge monolith in the middle of the exhibit. I guess Ford Motors had a similar house journal in the states, illustrated by Charley Harper.

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  4. Any idea who the artist of the second cover is?

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  5. Revisiting the page with the installation shots I just found out that the floor looks like an oil spill...

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  6. Yeah, you're right. Cool. Looks liquidy.

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