MATERIALS: Enamel and tempera on paper
DIMENSIONS: 89 × 150 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed and dated on the recto, lower right: ‘fabio mauri 1963’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Topazia Alliata, Rome; Francesco Cinquepalmi, Rome; Galleria La Nuvola, Rome
COLLECTION: Luigi e Raffaella Chiariello, Rome
CATALOGUE: S_1963_153
Artwork on paper characterised by a black band painted around the edges of a sheet of paper, framing a Schermo (Screen) with rounded corners and an ampersand in the centre, which gives the work its title. For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.
1963, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Eight contemporary artists from Rome selected by Galleria Topazia Alliata, 11 September – 20 October.
1969, Rome, Studio d’Arte Toninelli, Fabio Mauri 1959-1969, opening 1 July, curated by Cesare Vivaldi.
Fabio Mauri, exhibition catalogue, Studio d’Arte Toninelli, Rome, edited by Cesare Vivaldi (Rome: Studio d’Arte Toninelli, 1969), p. 54 (ill.).
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. 100 (ill.).
