INV. No 892
Schermo
1962 ca.
ON PAPER
ENGLISH TITLE:
Screen
MATERIALS: Tempera and ink on paper
DIMENSIONS: 58.5 × 85.5 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Authenticated, signed and dated on the verso, lower right: ‘Questo disegno su carta è mio / probabilmente del 1962 o 1963. / Fabio Mauri Roma 20.9.2003 ’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Studio Gariboldi, Milan; Galleria Michela Cattai, Milan
COLLECTION: Achille Mauri, Milan
CATALOGUE: S_1962_892
MATERIALS: Tempera and ink on paper
DIMENSIONS: 58.5 × 85.5 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Authenticated, signed and dated on the verso, lower right: ‘Questo disegno su carta è mio / probabilmente del 1962 o 1963. / Fabio Mauri Roma 20.9.2003 ’
PROVENANCE: The artist; Studio Gariboldi, Milan; Galleria Michela Cattai, Milan
COLLECTION: Achille Mauri, Milan
CATALOGUE: S_1962_892
NOTE:
Screen-drawing characterised by a black band painted around the edges of a sheet of paper, framing a rectangle with rounded corners that contains a black-and-white geometric pattern resembling TV-signal interference. For greater insight into the concept of ‘schermo’ in Mauri’s work, see the introductory essays.
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.
