Tavola toscana (Post-Sevillane, Tableau piège)

Daniel Spoerri's *Tavola toscana (Post-Sevillane, Tableau piège)* from 1992 captures the remnants of a shared meal frozen in time, with everyday dining objects — plates, utensils, glasses, and food debris — fixed to a panel and encased in a Plexiglas construction. Working in his signature *tableau-piège* (snare picture) tradition, Spoerri transforms a transient, intimate moment of human gathering into a permanent sculptural record. The work blurs the boundaries between life and art, elevating the mundane rituals of eating and conviviality into a preserved archaeological artifact of daily existence.