Nico Mingozzi (1976) - 938

Nico Mingozzi - "938" (Cabinet Card Series) - Unique Piece for Exhibition (2017)

Updated Technical Data Sheet
Artist: Nico Mingozzi (1976, Italy)

Title of the work: 938 (as per catalog archiving)

Year of completion: 2017

Technique: Manual collage and weaving on an original vintage photograph (Cabinet Card Studio Ebner, The Hague)

Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm (artwork), framed in a protective box

Provenance: Gilda Contemporary Art, Milan

Exhibitions: 'Sincopi e contrattempi', Milan, 2018 (Curator: Cristina Gilda Artese)

Included documentation: original catalog of the exhibition.

Detailed Description
In auction, a unique and historically documented artwork by Nico Mingozzi, directly from the duo exhibition 'Sincopi e contrattempi' (Milan, 2018).

The Opera
The work, cataloged with the number '938', is a refined photographic deconstruction intervention carried out on an original portrait by the Ebner studio (La Haye) from the late nineteenth century.
Mingozzi applies here the technique of 'weaving' (tessitura), cutting the image into thin vertical strips and reassembling them with a slight geometric shift. This intervention creates an optical vibration that 'animates' the static nature of the 19th-century pose, making the faces of the couple enigmatic and elusive, suspended between memory and oblivion.

Publication and Bibliography
The lot includes the original exhibition catalog, where the work is reproduced and cited.
Note for the collector: In the catalog, the work is archived with the typo 'Nino Mingozzi' instead of 'Nico,' a bibliographic detail that certifies its first print edition and its belonging to the specific lot exhibited in 2018.

Condition status
Excellent. The work is a physical collage (the cuts are real, not printed) and preserves the tactile quality of the vintage cardboard intact.