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// Ohne Titel by Mario Merz is a lithograph that showcases the artist's signature use of organic forms and numerical elements, often linked to the Fibonacci sequence, which Merz explored as a metaphor for natural growth patterns. The image is dominated by a large, irregular oval shape filled with intricate, web-like lines. Inside, numbered circles connected by lines create a sense of structure within the seemingly chaotic composition, suggesting a scientific or mathematical approach to understanding life forms. The monochromatic palette accentuates the piece’s analytical feel, reminiscent of anatomical or technical drawings. With an edition of 150, this limited print underscores Merz's fascination with the intersection of art, science, and nature.

Mario Merz (Italy, 1925–2003) was a central figure in the Arte Povera movement, known for his use of everyday materials like glass, neon, and organic elements. His iconic igloos and Fibonacci sequences explore themes of nature, time, and space. Merz's work redefined contemporary art by blending conceptual ideas with tactile forms.

Mario Merz

Ohne Titel

Name: Ohne Titel
SKU: 3739

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Lithograph

Lithograph Lithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

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Edition of 150

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Mario Merz

Senza titolo, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 1,600

Mario Merz

Ohne Titel

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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Conceptual Art is a sounding instrument between printed words, luminous writings, and letters scrawled in a hasty nervous instinctive calligraphy.
- Mario Merz

Mario Merz was an Italian artist who began drawing during the Second World War. He and his wife, Marisa Merz, were connected with the growth of Arte Povera. He cast aside the subjectivity of abstract expressionism and pursued instead the opportunities associated with the outdoors. As with many artists of the time, Mario Merz used mixed media in a variety of ways. For example, starting in the mid 1960s, he began exploring the ways in which life could transmit energy to inorganic material, and so he produced a number of works showing neon lights moving through such mundane objects as a raincoat or an umbrella. Starting in 1969, he started incorporating the Fibonacci sequence in many of his works as a symbol of the basic principles of growth and creation. One of Merz's most famous works is an installation of the Fibonacci numbers (a series in which any number is the sum of the two previous numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 and so on) at the Centre for International Light, located in Unna, Germany.

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Mario Merz

Senza titolo, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Mixed Media

EUR 1,600

Artwork by Laure Prouvost

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Lettrism is an art form that uses letters, words, and symbols to create artwork. The movement was established in Paris in the 1940s and later gained popularity in the 1950s in America. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement's name, derived from the French word for letter.

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Mario Merz

Ohne Titel

87 x 62 cm

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