Mario Schifano

(Homs, 1934 - Roma, 1998)

Mixed media on paper, signed and dated lower right, framed.
Original label inscribed "XXXII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia 1964", no. 1529, lot 564, owner Galleria Blu, Milan, on the reverse.
Provenance:
Galleria Blu, Milan
Exhibitions:
São Paulo, 8ª Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, September–December 1965
Lisbon, Arte Contemporânea Italiana, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, May 1966
Literature:
AA.VV., Artistas Italianos de Hoje na 8ª Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, La Biennale di Venezia, 1965, p. 75 (illustrated as no. 75, Composição VI)
AA.VV., Arte Contemporânea Italiana, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 1966 (exhibition catalogue, reference no. AHP 5830)

Certificate of authenticity issued by the Archivio Mario Schifano, Rome, dated 13 July 2026.
The work is part of a group of six Compositions dating from 1964, owned by Galleria Blu, Milan, and intended for the 8th São Paulo Biennial. Their delivery is documented by an original letter on Galleria Blu letterhead, dated 10 June 1965, addressed to the Directorate of the Venice Biennale, which was responsible for organising the Italian delegation. Following the conclusion of the São Paulo Biennial (September–December 1965), the works of the Italian delegation travelled to Lisbon for the exhibition Arte Contemporânea Italiana at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (May 1966).