Mimmo Rotella valuation
Italian artist known for décollage, works made from torn advertising posters, and a member of Nouveau Réalisme.
Mimmo Rotella (1918–2006) was born in Catanzaro and studied in Naples, graduating from the art school there in 1944 and settling in Rome in 1945.
What a work by Mimmo Rotella is worth
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Bio
Mimmo Rotella (1918–2006) was born in Catanzaro and studied in Naples, graduating from the art school there in 1944 and settling in Rome in 1945. A Fulbright scholarship took him to the University of Kansas City in 1951 and 1952. In 1953 and 1954 he began making décollages, torn from the layers of advertising posters on the city's walls, and retro d'affiches, made from their reverse sides. He joined the Nouveau Réalisme group founded by the critic Pierre Restany in 1960, though he did not sign its manifesto. He was invited to the Venice Biennale in 1964, and between 1967 and 1973 he used typographic tools to make his Art-typo works. He later lived in Milan.
What comes to market is décollages on canvas, works on paper and prints. The torn paper layers are the work, so a buyer will check for lifting, loss and tears, and for fading of the printed inks. A buyer will want to know the date of a work and whether it is recorded by the Fondazione Mimmo Rotella, since an archive or foundation certificate is usually expected. Later works on metal and other supports should be checked for scratches and corrosion.
At a glance
- Born
- 7 October 1918, Catanzaro
- Died
- 8 January 2006, Milan
- Movement
- Nouveau réalisme
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