INV. No 789
Linguaggio è guerra
1975
ON PAPER
ENGLISH TITLE:
Language is war
MATERIALS: Photographs and ink on paper
DIMENSIONS: 81 × 56 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed on the recto, lower right: ‘m’. Titled and dated on the verso of the frame, upper left: ‘Fabio Mauri / “Linguaggio è guerra” 1975’. Stamped and signed on the verso of the frame, middle: ‘fm ’
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
CATALOGUE: PH_1975_789
MATERIALS: Photographs and ink on paper
DIMENSIONS: 81 × 56 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signed on the recto, lower right: ‘m’. Titled and dated on the verso of the frame, upper left: ‘Fabio Mauri / “Linguaggio è guerra” 1975’. Stamped and signed on the verso of the frame, middle: ‘fm ’
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
CATALOGUE: PH_1975_789
NOTE:
Composition of four photos from Linguaggio è guerra (inv. 3483), signed, stamped and framed in this arrangement by the artist.
Exhibitions:
2010-2011, Turin, Giorgio Persano, Geografia senza punti cardinali, 6 November 2010 – 20 January 2011, curated by Elena Re.
2019, Geneva, Musée des Suisses dans le monde – Château de Penthes, Art et presse: libre échange, 1 May – 30 October, curated by Guillaume de Sardes.
Bibliography:
Geografia senza punti cardinali, exhibition catalogue, Giorgio Persano, Turin, edited by Elena Re (Turin: Giorgio Persano, 2011), no. 37, p. 56 (ill.).
Vincenzo Trione, “L'oppressione libera tutti”, in la Lettura, Milan, 30 November 2025, pp. 42–43 (ill.).
