INV. No 1780
Schermo fine
[1963]
ON PAPER
ENGLISH TITLE: The End Screen
MATERIALS: Tempera on paper
DIMENSIONS: 70 × 100 cm
PROVENANCE: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
COLLECTION: Pinault Collection
CATALOGUE: S_1963_1780
NOTE:

A black band painted around the edges of a sheet of paper frames a screen with rounded corners featuring the words ‘FINE’ (THE END) at the centre; along the bottom edge, three drop-shaped line drawings slip between screen and frame. For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.


Exhibitions:

2016, Venice, Punta della Dogana, Accrochage, 17 April – 20 November, curated by Caroline Bourgeois.

2022-2023, Paris, Jeu de Paume and LE BAL,
Reversing the Eye. Arte Povera and beyond 1960-75: photography, film, video, 11 October 2022 – 23 February 2023.


Bibliography:

Accrochage, exhibition catalogue, Punta della Dogana, Venice, edited by Caroline Bourgeois (Venice: Marsilio, 2016), p. 185 (ill.).

Angela Vettese, “Fabio Mauri”, in
Pinault Collection, no. 6, Paris, April–September 2016, pp. 96–97 (ill.).

Reversing the Eye. Arte Povera and beyond 1960-75: photography, film, video, exhibition catalogue, Jeu de Paume and LE BAL, Paris, edited by Quentin Bajac, Diane Dofour, Giuliano Sergio (Paris: Atelier EXB, 2022), p. 218 (ill.).


Schermo fine, [1963]