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Rotella, Mimmo, 1918-2006

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1918 - 2006-

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Dal Decollage alla Nuova Immagine / Rotella, Mimmo ; Restany P., 1963

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Identifier: CC-27379-28418
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was edited by Pierre Restany. It includes reproductions of three handwritten sound poems that are similar in layout and content to those held by the Sackner Archive. The reproduction of one of these poems entitled "Vertimila anni avanti Cristo" is virtually identical to the poem held by the Sackner Archive entitled "Twenty Thousand Years Before Christ," which is its English translation. Most of the reproduced works in this book consist of decollages. Rotella died in January 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Dal Decollage alla Nuova Immagine / Rotella, Mimmo ; Restany P., 1963

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Identifier: CC-30251-31655
Scope and Contents

This catalogue was edited by Pierre Restany. Includes reproductions of two handwritten sound poems that are similar in layout and content to those held by the Sackner Archive. Most of the reproduced works in this book consist of decollages. Rotella died in January 2006. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Elvis + Marilyn: 2 Immortals / Mabe J ; Pazos C ; Rotella M ; Ruscha E ; Cornell J ; Lebel JJ ; Cleveland B ; Johnson R ; Indiana R ; Finster H., 1994

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Identifier: CC-14270-14578
Scope and Contents

The Elvis Presley Scrapbook 1982 by Joni Mabe that was lent to this exhibition is depicted on page 165 of this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Kansas City Numero Collage / Rotella, Mimmo., 1957

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Identifier: CC-48727-69760
Scope and Contents

This sound poem was performed by Rotella on Revue OU 23-24 record and on OU - Cinqueme Saison on CD. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957

Mimmo Rotella edited by Germano Celant / Rotella, Mimmo ; Celant G ; Malevich K ; Miro J ; Schwitters K ; Prampolini E ; Balla G ; Severini G ; Accardi C ; Duchamp M ; Twombly C ; Johnson R ; Rauschenberg R ; Fontana L ; Isou I ; Klein Y ; Kaprow A ; Hains R ; Villegle J ; Hausmann R ; Dine J ; Brecht G ; Warhol A ; Buren D ; Oldenburg C ; Indiana R ; Basquiat JM ; Haring K., 2007

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Identifier: CC-49799-70855
Scope and Contents

This book was edited by Germano Celant who contributed a definitive essay on the life, work and influences of Rotella. The second section of the book depicts reproductions of the works of Rotella from 1946 to 2005. A copy of a handwritten sound poem, 20,000a, J.C, 1960 that is depicted on page 178, is held by the Sackner Archive, having been acquired from Emmett Williams in 1980. Two other handwritten Rotella sound poems that are not depicted in this book are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Post War and Contemporary Art / Sotheby's ; Phillips T ; Ben ; Arakawa ; Rotella M ; Fahlstrom O ; Dubuffet J ; Klein Y ; Manzoni P ; Tapies A ; Uecker G., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02449-2489
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. Two works in this auction by Tom Phillips, "The Calligrapher Replies" and "Conjectured Picture 11" were acquired by Sackner Archive. Correct titles of these paintings as listed in the Sackner Archive are "Letter Picture, Diamond" and "Mappin Art Gallery Conjectured Picture (ref, no.11)," respectively. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Twenty Thousand Years Before Christ / Rotella, Mimmo., 1960

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Identifier: CC-48728-69761
Scope and Contents

The reproduction of "Vertimila anni avanti Cristo" in Rotella's catalogue, "Dal Decollage alla Nuova Immagine" is virtually identical to this poem "Twenty Thousand Years Before Christ," which is its English translation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960