Emilio Scanavino (1922-1986) - Composizione

Only work by Emilio Scanavino (1922–1986)

Technique: mixed media (pastels, pencil and charcoal on cardboard)

Dimensions: 60 x 50 cm (framed) and 24 x 20 cm (unframed)

Accompanied by an authentication on the photo of the daughter Giorgina Scanavino and a Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance, "MorganArte"

Year of realization: 1962

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Emilio Scanavino, Italian painter and sculptor, was born in Genoa (Italy) on February 28, 1922 in Milan (Italy) and died on November 28, 1986

Here I present to you a unique work by the great painter and sculptor Emilio Scanavino, a gem not to be missed, titled 'Composizione', measuring 24 x 20 cm, created in 1962, drawing and mixed media on cardboard, signed and dated on the front lower right, and an adhesive auction-house label on the back.

The work is accompanied by a photograph-based certificate of authenticity prepared by the daughter (Giorgina Scanavino) and by a Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance, “MorganArte”.

It was paid by a previous buyer as much as €2,500 (as can be seen from a photo of the purchase invoice included in the auction), and with an invoice discount there is a real payment of about €2,120.

It commands a high price, as connoisseurs of this great artist will no doubt know,

It will be shipped worldwide with Mail Boxes Etc., with excellent packaging for 100% safe delivery.

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Extended biography

Emilio Scanavino, Italian painter and sculptor, was born in Genoa (Italy) on 28 February 1922 in Milan (Italy) and died on 28 November 1986.

After a figurative beginning, Emilio Scanavino's painting soon took on post-cubist characteristics, with the forms progressively becoming more stylised until they dissolved completely in the early 1950s.

In 1954, on his canvases begins to surface what will later become his distinctive mark, namely the stylized knot that will characterize all his later production. The works of the 1950s are considered among his finest, as in them one can see the genesis of that painterly transposition of interiority with all its torments, which makes his art unmistakable.

In his paintings later in the 1970s, the 'knot' is perfectly delineated and recognizable, rendered in unsettling forms, sometimes menacing and stained with red blood. Although Scanavino is an artist difficult to place within a specific current, he can be considered an informal abstract painter, close to Abstract Expressionism and the artistic research of Hans Hartung and Georges Mathieu.