INV. No 450
Cassa forte
1992
PROTRUDING WALL WORKS
ENGLISH TITLE:
Strongbox
MATERIALS: Handles and lead on wood
DIMENSIONS: 28.5 × 28.5 × 6 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed, dated and titled on the verso, middle: ‘Fabio Mauri 1992 / Roma / Cassa forte’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Galleria Elleni, Bergamo; private collection; Auction House Artesegno (Udine, 2011)
COLLECTION: Achille Mauri, Milan
CATALOGUE: PT_1992_450
MATERIALS: Handles and lead on wood
DIMENSIONS: 28.5 × 28.5 × 6 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed, dated and titled on the verso, middle: ‘Fabio Mauri 1992 / Roma / Cassa forte’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Galleria Elleni, Bergamo; private collection; Auction House Artesegno (Udine, 2011)
COLLECTION: Achille Mauri, Milan
CATALOGUE: PT_1992_450
NOTE:
A number of cutouts of lead sheets folded in on themselves form an irregular relief on a wooden panel covered in the same material. Two iron handles are grafted onto the corrugated surface, one at the top, the other at the bottom. Towards the bottom, a central lead cut-out bears the trademark, only partially legible, ‘R. LAVORAZIONI’, emphasising the material’s industrial nature. This work was part of the ‘Studenti’ exhibition-installation (inv. 3758).
Exhibitions:
1992, Milan, Galleria L’Eroica, Fabio Mauri. Studenti, opening 7 May.
1993, Bergamo, Galleria Elleni, Fabio Mauri: Studenti, 21 October – 30 November (travelling: 1992, Milan).
