INV. No 844
Piccola atomica
1998
OBJECTS
ENGLISH TITLE: Little Atomic Bomb
MATERIALS: Sculpture in aluminium, graphite-coated iron base
DIMENSIONS: 116.5 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm
Sculpture: 12.5 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm
Base: 104 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
CATALOGUE: O_1998_844
NOTE:

A turned aluminium sculpture resting on an iron and graphite base, resembling a bomb warhead. The work was made for the ‘Picnic o Il buon soldato’ exhibition (inv. 3204).


Exhibitions:

1998, Castelluccio di Pienza (Siena), Galleria La Tartaruga, Picnic o Il buon soldato, 5 September – 11 October, curated by Benedetta Origo, Plinio De Martiis.

1999, Barcelona, Fundació “La Caixa”,
La meva cosina Marcella i la guerra civil, 29 January – 21 March, curated by Martí Peran.

2013, Venice, Galleria Michela Rizzo,
Fabio Mauri. Picnic o il buon soldato, 23 September – 14 December.

2014-2015, Rovereto (Trento), Mart – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto,
La guerra che verrà non è la prima, 4 October – 20 September.

2015-2016, London, Hauser & Wirth,
Fabio Mauri. Oscuramento. The wars of Fabio Mauri, 11 December 2015 – 6 February 2016, curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément.


Piccola atomica, 1998
Photo: Alex Delfanne, 2015
Piccola atomica, 1998
Photo: Alex Delfanne, 2015