INV. No 882
Per grazia ricevuta
1956
EARLY WORKS
ENGLISH TITLE: Grace received
MATERIALS: Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 33.1 × 42.9 cm
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Private collection, Milan
CATALOGUE: PT_1956_882
NOTE:

A votive painting in the popular style of P.G.R. (Per Grazia Ricevuta – For a Received Grace), created by the artist for his niece Alessandra, daughter of his sister Ornella. At just four years old, Alessandra was miraculously saved when a wave in the Gulf of Lerici struck the small boat she was in with her mother and nanny. Deeply moved by the event, Mauri presented this painting to his young niece as a lasting memento of that extraordinary moment.


Exhibitions:

2023-2024, Rivoli (Turin), Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Fabio Mauri. Experiments in the Existence of Evil, 16 December 2023 – 24 March 2024, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Sara Codutti, Marianna Vecellio.


Per grazia ricevuta, 1956
Photo: Paolo Begotti