Robert Zielasco (born 1948 Vienna; active ibid.) Untitled An abstract collage composed from various strips and pieces of paper, some of them old, with overpainting and numerous inscriptions. Zielasco studied at the Academy in Vienna from 1967-1972 and spent 1978/79 in Rome on a scholarship. The artist was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize in 1979 and has been working in Vienna since 1982. Mixed media with collage/ on canvas. (without stretcher); signed lower center, r. o. dat. 1981; label of Galerie Schöninger, Munich, verso. 65 cm x 43 cm. Frame. Collaged mixed media on canvas (without stretcher). Signed and dated 1981.

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