Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006), ‘Lo stivaletto’, Décollage,

Acrylic over décollage, laid down on canvas
Italy, 1993
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) – Italian painter and well-known for his ‘Manifesti Lacerati’
Signed in black felt tip lower right ‘Rotella’
Verso titled, dated and inscribed ‘Lo stivaletto. ‘93. R.A.’; also numbered ‘PD 142’ and specified with dimensions
Provenance: Studio of the artist; Reto a Marca, Galerie Belmont, Flims/Switzerland; Private collection, Berlin
Dimensions: 39 x 59 cm
Frame: 42 x 62 cm
Very good condition
Typical work by Mimmo Rotella, who used the techniques of collage and décollage since the early 1950s; his works on paper from the 1990s have already fetched up €34,000 at international auctions
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 10,000 Euro

At the beginning of the 1950s, the Italian artist Mimmo Rotella began to work with advertising or old film posters ripped down from public spaces and walls. He created abstract-expressionist collages and décollages that established a new aesthetic approach. In the 1980s he gradually painted phrases and images on top of his works, as it had similarly been practiced by pioneering artists like Robert Rauschenberg. The present composition is titled ‘Lo stivaletto’ and reveals the picture of a single lady’s shoe on a poster background. The work proves to be a characteristic example of Rotella’s artistic output.

Condition:

The paper is laid down on canvas; the signature is somewhat faded due to light exposure, otherwise the work is in very good condition. The décollage measures 39 x 59 cm, the framed dimensions are 42 x 62 cm.

Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006)

Mimmo Rotella was born in Catanzaro in 1918. He started his artistic training at the Academy of Arts in Naples, and graduated in Rome in 1944. A scholarship enabled him to stay in the US in 1951, where he was introduced to works by artists like Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg. After that he spent some time in Paris, where he became a member of the group ‘Nouveau Réalisme’. Influenced by the movements of Abstract Expressionism and the Informel, Mimmo Rotella developed his collages and décollages that are known as ‘Manifesti Lacerati’ and considered as his personal inventions. His works are represented in prestigious collections, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Musée National d'Art Moderne and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Tate, London, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne as well as the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea in Rome and Milan. (cbo)

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