Artist:
- Mario Merz
Artist:
Category:
print
Title:
Untitled
Year:
1991
Technique:
etching, soft ground etching and drypoint
Dimension:
21 x 96,5 cm
Plate dimension:
Edition:
100 examples
Editor:
Notes:
numbered and hand signed
Exhibitions:
Publications:
Available:
SI
Price:
1890€
Opera
CONTACT US FOR INFORMATION
Are you interested in the work?
Fill out the form and you will be contacted.
Send your request
- Mario Merz was born in Milan in 1925. In 1954, he held his first solo exhibition at Galleria La Bussola in Turin, showcasing paintings that evoke organic forms. From 1966, he began incorporating the innovative use of neon tubes into his work, inserting them into canvases and objects. In 1967, he joined a group of artists including Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Giulio Paolini, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and Gilberto Zorio. This circle became the fulcrum of the Arte Povera movement. A distinctive element of Merz’s artistic production emerged in 1968: the igloo. These metal structures, covered with fragile materials such as clay, wax, mud, glass, jute, and bundles of branches, often include political or literary p... > Read more