Lot 692: Seria 037 N. 1034

Ferrari Enea
Soncino 1908 - 1972
Seria 037 N. 1034
Collage/wood, 60,5 x 30 cm, on the reverse on artist's label sign. Enea F as well as titled, min. pigment loss, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Italian painter a. object artist, studied 1924-28 at the Bera in Milan. He worked as restorer until he moved his studio to the Palazzo Meroni-Manzoni in Soncino where he became teacher of Piero Manzoni. F.'s monochrome white paintings became distinctive for Manzoni a. made him a worldwide reputation, but also confronted him with the criticism of producing fakes. F. as artistical innovator of that kind of painting waits to be rediscovered. - Lit.: Saur.