Montici Resources
(Final update before Society going private: 3/22)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Simon, Matila. “Florentine Mosaics and Richard Almond Blow." Oregon State University. 1976. The first extended biography of Richard Blow, and a basic source for all later biographers.
Vilim, Peter and Joan. “The Mosaicist by Bruno Lastrucci”, 2017. (privately published life and memoirs of Bruno Lastrucci.)
Wright Auctions. “From Medici to Montici: Richard Blow and the Modern Pietre Dure.” Catalogue accompanying auction of October 24, 2109. Wright Auctions, Chicago, 2019.
Giusti, Annamaria “Pietre Dure: The Art of Semiprecious Stonework.” Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum, Oxford University Press. 2006
Innocenti, Annalisa. “Il Museo dell’Opificio alla Meta del Novecento: La Rinascita di una Antica Tradizione.” Essay in “Il Novecento Per Il Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure.” Sillabe. 2019.
Macadam, Alta. “Americans in Florence.” Giunti, 2003
Mannes, Marya. “Out of My Time.” Doubleday and Co. 1971.
Massinelli, Anna Maria “Painting in Stone. Modern Florentine Pietra Dura Mosaic.” Aska Edizioni. 2015.
Pintus, Renata. “Forme Nuove per un Mondo Nuovo.Note Per un Contesto Storico-Critico.” Essay in “Il Novecento Per Il Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure,” Sillabe. 2019.
Rogers, Myeric Reynold. “Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today.” 1951. (Franklin Classics reprint 2018)
Rossi, Sandra “Il Novecento Per Il Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure,” Sillabe. 2019.
ONLINE: FLORENTINE MOSAICS
Wikipedia: Opificio delle Pietre Dure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opificio_delle_pietre_dure
Museum of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/opificio_delle_pietre_dure.html
Opificio delle Pietre Dure. (official Italian website) http://www.opificiodellepietredure.it/index.php?it/1/home
Bruno Lastrucci Florentine mosaics
http://www.imosaicidilastrucci.it/index.php?master-iacopo-lastrucci
RESEARCHING MARKET SALES DATA
You can find auction sales data for Richard Blow/Montici artworks from several sources. Unfortunately, no single source covers all sales; and no sales database is complete. Information is duplicated between sites. Most allow you to view the photos of the works they have on file, but require payment to access auction sales results.
ARTNET
ASKART
BLOUN ART SALES
https://www.blouinartsalesindex.com/
LIVE AUCTIONEERS
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/
MUTUAL ART
www.mutualart.com
WORTHPOINT
ARTICLES
“The color of stones can’t be changed – Bruno and Iacopo Lastrucci and the last workshop.” Lampoon Magazine, Nicola Baroni, Issue 19. https://lampoonmagazine.com/bruno-and-iacopo-lastrucci-the-last-workshop/
“Montici.” Glen Adamson. October 2019. Wright Catalogue article. https://www.wright20.com/auctions/2019/10/from-medici-to-montici-richard-blow-and-the-modern-pietre-dure/info
“Richard Blow’s Enigmatic Modernist Art Is Reappearing in Galleries Today.” Introspective Magazine, Marisa Bartolucci October 20, 2019. https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/adam-edelsberg-richard-blow/
“Pietra Dura and the Good Old Days.” Mr. Elegantone’s Blog. Nov. 9, 2010. http://amarcordfda.blogspot.com/2010/11/pietra-dura-good-old-days.html
“There’s a Table On Sale For $11.6 Million, Legs Optional.” Bloomberg, James Tarmy, June 21, 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-21/there-s-a-table-on-sale-for-11-6-million
“Heirlooms in the Making.” Homes & Antiques magazine, Katy Layton, April 6, 2020. https://www.homesandantiques.com/interiors/makers/heirlooms-in-the-making-greenaway-mosaics/.
“The Pietra dura maker: ‘Everyone else in Florence was looking at the paintings, but I was looking at the pietra-dura floor.” Country Life magazine, Octavia Pollock, Jan. 6, 2019’ https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and-antiques/pietra-dura-flowered-florentine-medicis-theres-one-man-britain-creating-precious-stone-mosaics-today-octavia-pollock-meets-thomas-greenaway-photographs-190752
Opificio delle Pietre Dure , Florence, Italy