€2,000 - €4,000
Super Star Lot: Mario Schifano (Italian. 1934-1998 ) " Italys Pop Art Rockstar" according to Christies. An intriguing Schifano mixed media collage painting. Features post modern techniques in the form of a postcard. Signed by artist bottom right with gallery stamp. Housed in wooden frame behind glass. Schifano's collages and painting sell extremely well at auction with Christies and Sotheby's selling works with prices fetching into the tens of thousands, a world record for a Mario Schifano is €2.3 Million.
MM: 54cm x 74cm including frame. There is a video of this lot on our social media pages, Tic Tok, Facebook and instagram under South Dublin Auction.
Considered one of the most significant artists of Italian postmodernism, Mario Schifano worked in numerous media throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his collages consisting of advertising, scrap paper and painted components. During the latter half of his career, Schifano’s work became increasingly political as he explored issues such as the Vietnam War and widespread social unrest through both film and photography. Born in 1934 in Libya, Schifano and his family relocated to Rome after World War II. With little interest in formal schooling, Schifano took up painting independently and began producing mixed-media works, primarily utilizing monochromatic canvases with glued wrapping paper and stenciling applied.
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