99 - Mario Schifano (Homs 1934 – Rome 1998)

Mario Schifano (Homs 1934 – Rome 1998) "Untitled" 1964, 100x70 cm, 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, 8th Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, September–December 1965 Lisbon, Italian Contemporary Art, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, May 1966 Literature: Various Authors, 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) Various Artists, Italian Contemporary Art, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 1966 (exhibition catalog, reference no. AHP 5830) Certificate of authenticity issued by the Mario Schifano Archive, Rome, dated July 13, 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 June 10, 1965, addressed to the Directorate of the Venice Biennale, which was responsible for organizing the Italian delegation. Following the conclusion of the São Paulo Biennial (September–December 1965), the works of the Italian delegation were transported to Lisbon for the exhibition *Arte Contemporânea Italiana* at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (May 1966).