Untitled

Untitled is an artwork made by Mario Schifano in 1970s.

Enamel on Canvas, cm. 85x95 with frame. 

Second half of 1970s.

Hand signed "Schifano"- Certificate of Authenticity by Archivio Mario Schifano. Registered at Archivio Generale dell'Opera di Mario Schifano, no. 00730071201.

Provenance: Private collection; The Artist's Estate

Excellent condition.

Mario Schifano (Homs, September 20, 1934 - Rome, January 26, 1998) was an Italian painter and director. Together with Franco Angeli and Tano Festa he represented a fundamental point of Italian and European Pop art.

Perfectly inserted in the international cultural panorama of the sixties, he was reputed to be a prolific, exuberant artist and a lover of worldliness. His lifelong drug habit earned him the label of cursed artist.

A keen student of new pictorial techniques, he was among the first to use the computer to create works and was able to process computer images and transfer them onto emulsified canvases (the "computerised canvases")

The prolificity of the author and the apparent simplicity of his works have led to the diffusion of a large number of forgeries, especially after his disappearance.