Little Monument to Rotella (Petit monument à Rotella)
Mimmo RotellaWW-1962-M062122
1962·Multiple of found Shell oil can, painted wooden pedestal, and engraved and painted metal plate·overall (base and can): 11 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16" (28.3 x 10.9 x 10.9cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1962
- Medium
- Multiple of found Shell oil can, painted wooden pedestal, and engraved and painted metal plate
- Dimensions
- overall (base and can): 11 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16" (28.3 x 10.9 x 10.9cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Mimmo Rotella
Artist
Mimmo Rotella
Painting
Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters. He was associated to the Ultra-Lettrists an offshoot of Lettrism and later was a member of the Nouveau Réalisme, founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany.
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- Mimmo Rotella
- Year
- 1962
- Medium
- Multiple of found Shell oil can, painted wooden pedestal, and engraved and painted metal plate
- Dimensions
- overall (base and can): 11 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16" (28.3 x 10.9 x 10.9cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1962-M062122
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified