INV. No 190
Spionaggio al vertice
1959
ON CANVAS OR ON WOOD
ENGLISH TITLE: Espionage at the Top
MATERIALS: Canvas on painted board
DIMENSIONS: 150 × 54.5 × 4 cm
PROVENANCE: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
COLLECTION: Cordula von Keller
CATALOGUE: S_1959_190
NOTE:

Schermo (Screen) composed of a semi-transparent canvas stretched over a wooden panel, painted with an abstract motif. As shown on the back of the painting, the work is mounted on the print template of the movie poster for the spy film Man on a String, from which the schermo takes its name. For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.


Spionaggio al vertice, 1959