Emilio Scanavino, Composition, Silkscreen on Cardboard, 1960s

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Screenprint on cardboard by Emilio Scanavino, produced in the 1960s, reflecting the gestural and sign-based language that defines the artist’s … Read more Screenprint on cardboard by Emilio Scanavino, produced in the 1960s, reflecting the gestural and sign-based language that defines the artist’s graphic production of the period.

The composition unfolds through a dynamic and nervous black line suspended on a neutral field and interrupted by a large orange circular form. This dominant chromatic element introduces a visual tension between linear structure and solid surface. The contrast between graphic gesture and compact colour plane translates Scanavino’s research into rhythm and balance between sign and space into a synthetic visual statement.

The screenprinting technique, with its sharp and defined colour fields, enhances the graphic quality of the work and emphasizes its strongly iconic character. The cardboard support, typical of editorial graphic production of the period, provides both material solidity and chromatic precision.

The work is offered as an L.S. (last frame) proof, meaning the final proof approved by the artist before the definitive edition. It is presented with painted wooden frame.

Condition: good overall condition, some signs of use.
Frame dimensions: Width 39 cm – Depth 3.5 cm – Height 25.5 cm
Sheet dimensions: Width 37.5 cm – Height 24 cm This piece has an attribution mark,
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