NU
ENZO CUCCHI

This edition contains six images drawn by Enzo Cucchi on lithographic zinc. The drawings were hand-printed by the Bulla sisters on 71-gram Japanese Japico Bunko-shi paper, hand die-cut and applied on 2.4 mm natural white watercolor Canson Museale cardboard.
The box measures 60 cm long, 17.5 cm wide and 4.5 cm deep.
The edition entirely measures 330 cm long and 13.cm wide.
37 copies were printed, of which 33 signed and numbered by the artist from 1/33 to 33/33, and 4 signed and numbered by the artist I/IV to IV/IV

The edition was produced by Giordano Boetti and edited by Litografia Bulla in Rome in winter 2023.





AL DIRETTORE DEL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES (BIPM): CON LA PRESENTE CI PREME COMUNICARE ALL’AUTORITÀ COMPETENTE L’AVVENTO DI UNA NUOVA UNITÀ DI MISURA (NONCHÈ DI GIUDIZIO E DI SPERANZA) 
LA NUOVA UNITÀ (NU)
MISURA 330 DEI VECCHI E FRIABILI CENTIMETRI. SIETE PREGATI QUANTO PRIMA DI SOSTITUIRE TUTTE LE MISURAZIONI CORRENTI, DI AVVERTIRE TUTTE LE AUTORITÀ COMPETENTI, E DI SBRIGARVI.  
ROMA, 24 GIUGNO 1987  
IN FEDE, 
ING. GIORDANO BOETTI 
DOTT. ALESSANDRO TERMICO 

“TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU DES POIDS ET MESURES (BIPM): WE HEREBY NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY OF THE ADVENT OF A NEW UNIT OF MEASUREMENT (AS WELL AS OF JUDGMENT AND HOPE)
THE NEW UNIT (NU)
IT MEASURES 330 OF THE OLD AND BRITTLE CENTIMETRES. YOU ARE REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO REPLACE ALL CURRENT MEASUREMENTS, TO ALERT ALL RELEVANT AUTHORITIES, AND TO HURRY.
ROME, JUNE 24TH, 1987
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
ENGR. GIORDANO KILOMETERS
DR. ALESSANDRO TERMICH”

translated from italian

within the edition

PRESS RELEASE

HOME