In 1998, I had the pleasure of visiting for the first time our Milan dealer called Dovetusai then and now Pianoprimo www.pianoprimo.it. In their showroom, I saw this collage/ print and it was love a first sight. Fabio told me it was a Munari. Bruno Munari. Who was he? No name dropping significance for my provincially sheltered art ears.... I hail from rural southern Ontario. They spoke about him as a national treasure. And as for the touch of pink in the print, Munari, Fabio said, always added this in honour of his wife. Such a lovely story. Later, visiting the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum shop I found books by Munari the art educator. And the rest is 'Wax Munari' history! In honour of his collage, I designed the colour blocked BBB Wax Munari collectiion, with sides, base and handles all a different colour and always a touch of pink somewhere. Sometimes, how one discovers or is introduced to something is what makes it aesthetically special. Voila, the book finds you,so to speak. I have a humorous tale to the contrary about 2 one of a kind goats sculpted from marble but will leave it at this touch of pink story.....
