RAÚL VERONI: LUCHA POR LA VIDA = STRUGGLE FOR LIFE

Buenos Aires: Pequeño editor, 2003. b/w and color plates, ind/glos., plus 1 stamped banknote in plastic sleeve, loose as issued, illus. rice endpapers, color pict. wrps, color pict.d.j. The art work in money is a series of silk-screen prints by Veroni on money bills removed from circulation as a result of the Third World inflation. The series was begun in 1994, five years after a massive hyperinflation in Argentina (and 7 years prior to the 2001 economic crisis). The "printed" banknotes were exchanged in the streets for old banknotes as a way of recycling "canvas". The design and origin of the banknotes differs in each book. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. Contiene un original serigrafiado sobre un billete fuera de circulación. El diseño y tipo de billete es diferente en cada libro.