
Emilio Prini
A bulbous, irregular form rendered in papier-mâché, plaster, and gauze, this sculpture embodies Franz West's characteristically irreverent approach to materiality and the human body. The rough, tactile surface—built up through layering and finished with paint—carries the visible traces of its making, rejecting idealized form in favor of something raw and provisional. Titled after the Italian Arte Povera artist Emilio Prini, the work suggests an intimate, if enigmatic, act of homage through West's signature vocabulary of lumpy, ungainly mass.
- Medium
- papier-mâché, plaster, gauze, paint
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 17, 2013
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