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Mimmo Rotella
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Mimmo Rotella
- Untitled
- signed and dated 1957 on the reverse
- collage on canvas
- 76 by 108cm.
- 30 by 42 1/2 in.
Provenance
Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome
Exhibited
Taverna, Chiostro del complesso monumentale di S. Domenico, I Rassegna Internazionale di Pittura e Scultura, 1989, p. 139, illustrated in colour
Sulmona, Palazzo dell'Annunziata, XVI Premio Sulmona. Mostra nazionale di pittura contemporanea e mostra di "Una collezione futurista", 1989, p. 87, illustrated
Rome, Palazzo Civiltà del lavoro, Artoon: l'influenza del fumetto nelle arti visive del XX secolo, 1989-90
Sulmona, Palazzo dell'Annunziata, XVI Premio Sulmona. Mostra nazionale di pittura contemporanea e mostra di "Una collezione futurista", 1989, p. 87, illustrated
Rome, Palazzo Civiltà del lavoro, Artoon: l'influenza del fumetto nelle arti visive del XX secolo, 1989-90
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate.
Condition: This work is in very good and original condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“I glue posters and then tear them off: new, unpredictable forms are born. I have abandoned painting on an easel for protest art.”
(the artist quoted in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Mimmo Rotella: Early Works 1954-1967, 2007, p. 40)