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Mixed-Media Panels
Il Silenzio di Morandi
2026
A single hand-cut, mottled stone vessel rises beside a matte black pigment form with a sharp diagonal shoulder, the pair reading as one tall jug against a two-part ground of warm tan over a mottled reddish-brown table line. The pale veining of the stone holds the silence the title names, signed Pollica in gold at the lower left.
- Medium
- Hand-cut stone vessel form with cut pigment shapes on artist-built panel, painted hardwood frame
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 18.5 × 4 in / 57.2 × 47 × 10.2 cm (framed)
- Weight
- 8.0 lb / 3.6 kg
Structural composition
- —Vessel form cut by hand with chisel and rasp from mottled veined stone
- —Stone form pinned to sealed artist-built panel
- —Black pigment silhouette cut from thin painted stock and raised off the ground
- —Layered pigment ground in warm tan over a mottled reddish-brown band
- —Wide hardwood frame, hand-painted in a deep reddish-brown wood grain, mitred and splined
Conservation notes
Dust with a soft dry brush only. The stone is water-soluble — never clean with liquids. The painted frame should not be cleaned with solvents. Hang away from direct sun and HVAC vents.
Digital mint & provenance
A corresponding 1-of-1 digital mint and provenance record for this piece is established exclusively on Manifold.
This work is represented by RO Gallery, New York. Acquisitions are coordinated directly with the gallery, which will respond with the complete technical file and the artist's studio record.