MATERIALS: Canvas on protruding frame
DIMENSIONS: 131.5 × 80.5 × 6 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed, titled and dated on the verso, upper left: ‘Fabio Mauri 1972, Roma / “Schermo Petrosemolo”’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Petrosemolo, Rome; Galleria De Crescenzo, Rome; Private collection, Rome; Auction House Christie’s (Milan, November 2010)
COLLECTION: Antonio Dalle Nogare collection, Bolzano
CATALOGUE: S_1972_127
‘Second-generation’ Schermo (Screen) composed of unpainted white canvas stretched over a shaped, projecting wooden frame. The work’s title refers to the name of its first owner, Petrosemolo, a friend of the artist’s. A Plexiglas covering was added after the artist’s death for conservation purposes. For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.
1994, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Fabio Mauri. Opere e Azioni 1954-1994, 21 June – 5 October, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Marcella Cossu.
Fabio Mauri. Opere e Azioni 1954-1994, exhibition catalogue, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, edited by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Marcella Cossu (Milan / Rome: Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori / Carte Segrete, 1994), p. 106 (ill.).
Christie’s: Arte moderna e contemporanea (Milan, 2010), pp. 16–17 (ill.).
