Paris: Editions du Regard, 2004.

Paperback. 4to.; 200 pages; illustrated throughout in color and b&w; text and images clean and bright; tightly bound in illustrated paper wrappers; creasing and moderate wear to spine; bumped corners; in very good condition. Commissioned in 2004 as a temporary work, The Seven Heavenly Palaces was later turned into a permanent installation, and immediately revealed itself to become a part of the collective imagination of Milan. The towers, which consist of a “stratification” of structural elements made of reinforced concrete and lead, intend to symbolize the mystical experience of the ascent through the seven levels of spirituality. With a preface by Carlo A. Puri Negri, introduction by Franca Sozzani, and an essay by Lia Rumma; bilingual Italian and English text.