INV. No 1777
Schermo Director
[1968]
ON PAPER
ENGLISH TITLE:
Screen Director
MATERIALS: Decal and mixed media on paper
DIMENSIONS: 72.7 × 71 cm
PROVENANCE: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome; Richard Saltoun Gallery
COLLECTION: Private collection, Rome
CATALOGUE: S_1969_1777
MATERIALS: Decal and mixed media on paper
DIMENSIONS: 72.7 × 71 cm
PROVENANCE: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome; Richard Saltoun Gallery
COLLECTION: Private collection, Rome
CATALOGUE: S_1969_1777
NOTE:
Square-format, screen-drawing characterised by a black frame painted around the edges of a sheet of paper, defining a ‘field for projection’. Great material richness unfolds within, combining tempera, graphite, transfers of printed images using trichloroethylene, synthetic oil enamel, India ink, charcoal and pastel. Among the stencilled letters, the word ‘DIRECTOR’ echoes the title of the Schermo (Screen) dedicated to American director D.W. Griffith (inv. 206, 773). For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.
Exhibitions:
2024, Rome, Galleria Richard Saltoun, Il cinema per Fabio Mauri, 19 March – 27 April, curated by Laura Cherubini.