MATTIA MORENI
(Pavia 1920 - Brisighella 1999)
"The computer transforms little by little the face of humanoid with elegance". Self-portrait no.136
1994 [Santa Sofia]
oil on canvas
200x180 cm
signed lower right
on the front inscribed "identikit / artified/ WHY?// "The computer / transforms/ little by little / the face / of the humanoid/ with elegance".../ the elegance of / what / what/ begins anew / A. No.136 // RC the conviction of doubt RD// Moreni 1994"
This work is recorded at Archivio Mattia Moreni under n.94/052.
Provenance
Artist's studio
Maria Francesca Moreni collection, Turin
Eredi Moreni collection
Literature
1994 - 95, Mattia Moreni, Autoritratti..., Cesena, cat. rip. b/n, p.62
E. Crispolti, Mattia Moreni. Catalogo ragionato delle opere. Dipinti 1934 - 1999, Silvana, 2016, p. 679, n 7/1994/32 (ill. b/n)