Problems and proposals for exposing the Mucchi collection at the Galleria Estense in Modena

Abstract

The Mucchi collection, kept at the Galleria Estense in Modena, represents a major heritage, of extreme relevance, in the still unexplored field of printing blocks.

The set, made up of over 3400 pieces and ranging over a chronological period of five centuries, is here settled in a framework of great developments of the techniques of engraving, reproduction of images and the history of customs.

After analyzing the general characters of the collection, which inextricably link it to the Soliani-Barelli collection conserved in the same museum, some thematic paths have been traced in view of a possible exhibition.

In the collection we focused mainly on the work of Augusto Zoboli, a multifaceted character and artist from Modena in the early decades of the twentieth century, through which it is possible to examine the various techniques in use during a period of great typographic experimentation.