Sans titre
1975
A vibrant and dynamic composition, this untitled work by Mario Schifano combines enamel and pastel on a collage of papers mounted on canvas, reflecting the artist's signature fusion of pop sensibility and gestural spontaneity. The layered materials create a rich interplay of textures and surfaces, where bold color and mark-making coexist with the fragmented, collaged substrate beneath. Schifano's process transforms everyday materials into a visually charged field that straddles the boundaries between painting, graphic art, and assemblage.
- Medium
- émail et pastel sur collage de papiers marouflé sur toile
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Christie's
Notes
LITERATURE Mario Schifano. A) Opere su tela 1956-1982, Gênes, 2017, No. pm70/142 (illustré en couleurs p. 157). EXHIBITED New York, Valentino Madison Avenue, Mario Schifano, 2023 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition n.p.). FURTHER DETAILS Cette œuvre est enregistrée à l'Archivio Mario Schifano, Rome, sous le No. 03653180120. Conditions of sale Brought to you by Elisabetta Vitullo Junior Specialist, Head of Day Sale EVITULLO@CHRISTIES.COM +33 (0)1 40 76 85 68
🔨 Auction Lot
Art Contemporain
Lot 289
Artists in conversation
Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly similarly combined gestural mark making with layered collage elements and mixed media on canvas, producing works where pastel, paint and fragmented paper surfaces coexist in vibrant, spontaneous compositions that blur abstraction and pop sensibility.
Mimmo Rotella
Italian · b. 1918
A fellow Italian neo avant garde artist, Rotella built richly textured surfaces through collaged and torn paper materials mounted on canvas, fusing pop cultural fragments with gestural abstraction in a way that closely parallels Schifano's layered mixed media approach.
Asger Jorn
Danish · b. 1914
Jorn worked with enamel and mixed media on collaged surfaces, combining bold expressive color with spontaneous mark making over fragmented substrates, producing visually charged fields of texture and pigment that share the same raw material energy found in this Schifano piece.
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