Mimmo Rotella

(Italian, 1918–2006)

Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist and poet who is best known for collages made from torn advertising posters in a medium which he called “double décollages.” He was born on October 7, 1918, in Catanzaro, Italy and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples before moving to Rome in 1945. There, he became associated with the Lettrism movement and—along with Raymond Hains, Jacque Villeglé, and François Dufrêne—became known as one of Les Affichistes, an artist group credited as the forefather of Street Art. His first solo exhibition was held in 1951 in at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome, and later that same year, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship with which he traveled to Kansas City University. In 1961, he was invited by Pierre Restany to join the New Realism movement, whose members included Yves Klein, Arman, and Jean Tinguely. In 1964, he represented Italy at the Venice Biennale. He died on January 8, 2006 in Milan, Italy at the age of 87.

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Sans titre, 1966

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Sans titre, 1966

Sale Date: October 23, 2023

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Chiquita, 1979

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Chiquita, 1979

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Pepsi, 1979

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Pepsi, 1979

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Untitled, 1976

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Untitled, 1976

Sale Date: October 15, 2023

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Diavolo, 1962, 1962

Mimmo Rotella

Diavolo, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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Senza titolo, 1956

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Senza titolo, 1956

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Marilyn look, 2003

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Marilyn look, 2003

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Audio (sovrapittura), 1988

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Audio (sovrapittura), 1988

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Senza titolo, 1959

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Senza titolo, 1959

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Cinema (Gone with the wind), 1980

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Cinema (Gone with the wind), 1980

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Cinema (Casablanca), 1979

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Cinema (Casablanca), 1979

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Untitled (Napoleon), 1972

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Untitled (Napoleon), 1972

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Terry, 1971

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Terry, 1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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No war.Pax, 1991

Mimmo Rotella

No war.Pax, 1991

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Per un paio di calze n. 12, 1993

Mimmo Rotella

Per un paio di calze n. 12, 1993

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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La ruota, 1990

Mimmo Rotella

La ruota, 1990

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Senza titolo, 1950

Mimmo Rotella

Senza titolo, 1950

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Penelope Cruz

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Penelope Cruz

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Rotella gigantea, 1971

Mimmo Rotella

Rotella gigantea, 1971

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Marilyn cabinet, 2007

Marco Ferreri and Mimmo Rotella

Marilyn cabinet, 2007

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Mimmo Rotella

"Un documento storico eccezionale" ;..., 1990–1991

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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"Marilyn" ; "Marilyn - La Storia di una delle...

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Mimmo Rotella

"Marilyn - La Storia di una delle donne piu belle"

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Marilyn

Mimmo Rotella

Marilyn

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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