This Volume Accompanies The Exhibition Belle Haleine By German Artist Georg Baselitz (1938) - A Leading Figure In The World Of Contemporary Art - Hosted In The Splendid Setting Of The Galleria Degli Antichi In Sabbioneta (mantua), The Ideal City Founded By Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna. Among The Works Presented - Chosen From Among The Most Significant In His Artistic Career - Are Imposing Sculptures, Large Paintings On Canvas, And The Ten Provocative Engravings Collectively Entitled Belle Haleine In Homage To Marcel Duchamp, An Artist To Whom Baselitz - Provocatively - Often Refers In His Work, And First Exhibited In 1963. The Volume Offers A Broad View Of The Multifaceted Nature Of The Pioneer Of Neo-expressionist Art, Whose Hallmark Is To Reproduce Figures Upside Down.