MATERIALS: Tin box on exposed photographic paper
DIMENSIONS: 24.4 × 18.4 × 3.5 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Titled, signed and dated on the recto, lower left: ‘foto finish’, lower right: ‘mauri ’76’.
Titled, signed and dated on the verso ‘foto finish / ‘tea & coffee’ / fabio mauri 76’
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Private collection, Rome
CATALOGUE: PT_1976_947
A tin from the English firm Taylors of Harrogate, against an all-black background, in a silver bromide gelatin photograph on glossy baryta paper. The slogan ‘Family tea & coffee merchants’ is echoed in the title. This work was part of the Foto finish ensemble (inv. 800), created in 1976; it was exhibited in 2000 at the Tirannicidi installation at the Calcografia in Rome.
2000, Rome, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Tirannicidi: Vetrina III, la fotografia, 14 September – 30 October, curated by Luigi Ficacci.
2014, Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA, Fabio Mauri, 6 September – 23 November, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio.
2015, New York, Hauser & Wirth, East 69th Street, Fabio Mauri. I was not new, 5 March – 2 May, curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément.
2017, São Paulo, Bergamin & Gomide Gallery, Fabio Mauri: Senza Arte, 11 March – 29 April.
