Richard Carboni (American, b. 1952). Untitled (A Small Marriage) mixed media and collage on paper, 1980. Signed and dated by the artist in pencil on the lower right. A mesmerizing mixed media collage composition featuring a pinwheel design comprised of folded paper wedges that have been embellished with paint, ink, and colored pencil at the bottom center with a 'dial' made from a painted twig wrapped with red twine emerging from its upper end. To the right is a blackened square adorned with painted white wedged paper forms that resemble paper airplanes. To the left is another square area that appears to feature passages of black handwriting covered with white painted bands with fiber-like elements embedded in the paint. Arching overhead is a semicircle of handmade paper. Size: 22" L x 22.25" W (55.9 cm x 56.5 cm)

Richard Carboni received his MFA from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Painting from Hunter College. Carboni's works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States including The Brooklyn Museum and The Princeton University Art Museum. In addition, a survey of his oeuvre was exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art in 1986. Carboni has also been the recipient of prestigious honors, grants, and fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Pratt Institute, and The Ariana Foundation for the Arts. His work has been the subject of reviews and articles in Art in America, Artnews, Arts Magazine, Museums & Art, The New York Times, and The Washington Times.

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired circa 2018 by descent; ex-Allen Davis collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

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Aside from some scuffs/scratches on the plexiglass shadowbox frame, the piece appears to be in good condition, though it has not been examined outside the frame.