Mimmo Rotella was an Italian artist and poet who is best known for collages made from torn advertising posters in a medium that he called "double décollages."
Rotella was born on October 7, 1918, in Catanzaro, Italy, and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples before moving to Rome in 1945. There, he became associated with the Lettrism movement and — along with Raymond Hains, Jacque Villeglé and François Dufrêne — became known as one of "Les Affichistes," an artist group credited as the forefathers of street art.
Rotella's first solo exhibition was held in 1951 in at the Galleria Chiurazzi in Rome, and later that same year, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship with which he traveled to Kansas City University. In 1961, he was invited by Pierre Restany to join the New Realism movement, whose members included Yves Klein, Arman and Jean Tinguely. In 1964, he represented Italy at the Venice Biennale. He died on January 8, 2006, in Milan, Italy, at the age of 87.
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Table " Marilyn, the most beautiful woman" by Mimmo Rotella - Marco Ferreri, Italy
By Mimmo Rotella, Marco Ferreri
Located in Firenze, FI
This table/desk entitled " Marilyn, the most beautiful woman" is part of the " Decollage Collection" series with silkscreen printing from work by Mimmo Rotella Limited edition of 99 ...
Plexiglass
Chiquita Banana, Pop Art Print by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella Title: Chiquita Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 30 x 26 inches (76.2 x 66 cm)
Screen
Pair of Blue Murano Glass Flutes by Bisazza & Rotella, Italy 2000
By Bisazza Vetro, Mimmo Rotella
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in 2000. These stem glasses are made in multicolored Murano glass and they are part of the collection "Tristano and Isotta" by Bisazza and Rotella. They are signed an...
Murano Glass
$474Sale Price|20% Off
GIANNI VERSACE Poster created by Mimmo Rotella for Mostra Dialogue du Mode, 1987
By Mimmo Rotella, Gianni Versace
Located in Milano, IT
Rara Locandina by Gianni Versace created by Mimmo Rotella for the exhibition held at the Palais Galliera, Musèe de la Mode et du Costume, in Paris. 198...
Paper
Marilyn Monroe, Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marilyn 3 by Mimmo Rotella, Italian (1918–2006) Date: 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300 Image Size: 26.5 x 20 inches Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) ...
Screen
La sonrisa de Marilyn
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Mimmo Rotella "Marilyn's smile" 2.002 Serigraphy Author's proof, numbered 4/7 69x100
Screen
Marilyn Monroe III, Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella, Italian (1918 - 2006) Title: Marilyn 3 Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 27/30 Size: 26 x 27 inches
Screen
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
Paper, Screen
Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
Paper, Screen
Marilyn
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Mimmo Rotella (1918-2006) was an Italian artist and leading figure of post-war European art. He is best known for creating layered collage-like works from torn film and advertising p...
Paper, Screen
Mimmo Rotella Rita Hayworth
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mimmo Rotella: 1918-2006. Very well listed Italian artist with Auction records over $1.5 million. The record for one of his limited edition prints is $98,000. He is known for his dec...
Lithograph
Sasso table lamp by Mimmo Rotella, Venini, 2000s
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Sasso table lamp by Mimmo Rotella, Venini, Anni 2000, Made in Italy. Light sculpture from l design inspired by natural and living forms and patterns. The glass on the walls is often ...
Glass
Pepsi, Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella, Italian (1918 - 2006) Title: Pepsi Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 23 in. x 30 in. (58.42 cm x 76.2 cm)
Screen
$2,500
Omaggio a Marilyn (A Tribute to Marilyn), Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella, Italian (1918 - 2006) Title: Omaggio a Marilyn Year: 2004 Medium: Serigraph with collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: PA Size: 38 x 28 inches
Screen
Zin-Cla-Una
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in London, GB
Mimmo Rotella Zin-Cla-Una, 1992 Signed on verso Décollage and acrylic on canvas 70 x 49.3 cm Mimmo Rotella, who represented Italy in the 1964 Venice Biennale, was experimental to hi...
Mixed Media
$3,000
Omaggio a Marilyn (A Tribute to Marilyn), Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
A screenprint collage by Mimmo Rotella from 2004. A frottage vintage movie poster with torn surface, revealing layers beneath, encompassing the face of Marilyn Monroe. Signed in penc...
Screen
The Look, Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella Title: The Look Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 34 x 26 inches; 86.47 x 66 cm
Screen
Blue Hawaii, Pop Art Screenprint by Mimmo Rotella
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mimmo Rotella Title: Blue Hawaii Year: 2004 Medium: Screenprint with collage, signed in pencil l.r. Edition: P.A. Paper Size: 38 x 28 inches / 96 x...
Screen
$4,960Sale Price|28% Off
Mimmo Rotella for Zerodisegno Marilyn Monroe Bookcase
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Pasadena, TX
Mimmo Rotella, (Italian, 1918-2006) "Marilyn, La Donna Piu Bella" open bookcase designed by Mimmo Rotella and made by Zerodesigno in 2004. Numbered from an edition of 99. Grap...
Zinc
Mimmo Rotella The Lights of the City Slashed Silk-screen Print on Canvas
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Paris, FR
Mimmo Rotella, Le Luci della citta 2005 Slashed silk-screen print on canvas Edition of 60 Signed and numbered on the lower left 124 x 86 cm Mimmo Rotella is an Italian artist and poet known for his collages made from torn advertising posters, which he calls "double décollages". Born October 7, 1918 in Catanzaro, Italy, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples before settling in Rome in 1945 and getting closer to Lettrism. Alongside Raymond Hains...
Canvas, Silk, Screen
Sasso Table Lamp in Yellow and Grey by Mimmo Rotella, Venini
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Biomorphe light sculpture in thick-walled glass with dimmer, clear glass with yellow, dab-like, irregular, close glass melting downs black opaquen. A luminous sculpture characterized...
Glass
21st Century Sasso Table Lamp in Concrete/Grey/Straw-Yellow by Mimmo Rotella
By Venini, Mimmo Rotella
Located in murano, IT
As heavy as a rock but made from glass: Sasso is a colorful creation by Mimmo Rotella in tones of Straw Yellow, Grey and Concrete. A whimsical interplay of little colour spots, clash...
Glass
The Red Shoes
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement Kinematograph weekly July 15th 1948 The film directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and is considered to be one of the...
Paper
Mid Century Vintage Dark Green Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 2000s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful vase made from Murano glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Venetian glass (...
Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Italian Murano Hand Blown Glass Roosters
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano handblown glass roosters sculptures. Having beautiful multi colors and clear glass.
$1,000Sale Price|33% Off
H 25 in W 25 in
Orchid, gorgeous signed/n silkscreen by renowned 1970s realist artist
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt Orchid, 1979 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front Published by Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc., with blind stamp on the front 25 × 25 inches Unframed This work is pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front. About Lowell Nesbitt. Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching. In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead. He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges. Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world. In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9...
Screen, Pencil, Graphite
$450
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 11.03 in
Mid Century Vintage White and Blue Big Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 2000s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful vase made from Murano glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Really amazing shape of this vase. Only o...
Glass, Murano Glass
Walnut Black MiMi Table by Miduny, Made in Italy
By Miduny, Ale Preda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Merging clean lines with warm materials, the faceted geometry of the MiMi table creates a slender, elegant profile punctuated with painted surfaces that cap...
Beech, Oak, Plywood
Walnut Orange MiMi Table by Miduny, Made in Italy
By Miduny, Ale Preda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Merging clean lines with warm materials, the faceted geometry of the MiMi table creates a slender, graceful profile punctuated with painted surfaces that ca...
Birch, Oak, Plywood
Italian Desk from the 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designed in the 1960s the desk also features chrome tubular legs. Italian desk from the late 1960s characterize by the sleek and modern aesthetic. Second height 24.7 from the floor ...
Chrome
Midcentury Vintage Acqua Blue Murano Glass Vase, Italy, 2000s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful vase made from Murano glass in perfect condition. The vase looks like it has just been taken out of the box. No jags, defects etc. Only one unique piece. Venetian glass (...
Glass, Murano Glass
$7,125
H 40 in W 29 in D 1 in
Shower Profile (White) Silkscreen on Canvas with Diamond Dust, Signed Edition
By Carole Feuerman
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen on canvas with diamond dust. Hand signed, dated, and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition of 25. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate ...
Canvas, Screen
$135,000
H 19.75 in W 15.625 in
Dollar Sign, FS II.277 Screenprint, Pop Art, 1982, Signed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Andy Warhol Dollar Sign, FS II.277 1982 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. 48/60 - Each Piece is Unique Pencil signed and numbered Conditi...
Screen
SAINT APOLLONIA FS II.332
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered on front by the artist. Screenprint on Essex Offset Kid Finish paper. Published by Dr. Frank Braun, Düsseldorf, Germany. From the edition of 250. Framed si...
Paper, Screen
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
Paper, Screen
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
Paper, Screen
Original Multiple No. 26 "The Comanceros" by Mimmo Rotella, 1996
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Ravenna, IT
Original Multiple No. 26 I Comanceros by Mimmo Rotella from 1996 belonging to the seridécollage series. This technique is composed with handmade tears, reproducing the poster of the ...
Paper
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
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Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
Mimmo Rotella - Decollage Hollywood Gary Cooper Burt Lancaster Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - VERA CRUZ Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Condition: In very good ...
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in
MIMMO ROTELLA Decollage Hand signed - Hollywood Elvis Presley Italian Pop Art
By Mimmo Rotella
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Mimmo Rotella - PAZZO PER LE DONNE (GIRL HAPPY) Date of creation: circa 2005 Medium: Multiple decollage screen print on heavyweight paper Edition: 125 + L + P.A. Size: 100 x 70 cm Co...
Paper, Screen