A stunning original piece of pop-art by the mysterious Italian artist Pietro Psaier. Clearly influenced by Andy Warhol who was said to have been a friend of Psaier's the work features Marylin Monroe poppin out of a Cambells soup tin and in Signed "Pietro Psaier - Malibu AP" and on the mount "Pietro Psaier 80". The AP I believe denoted that the work is an artists proof, I certainly haven't
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Pietro Psaier was an alleged Italian artist who produced Pop Art paintings and prints that mimicked and referenced those of Andy Warhol. It is important to note that there is very little biographical information on Psaier, outside of a 1963 press release. Born in 1936 near Rome, Italy, he spent a significant portion of his early adulthood designing cars for Enzo Ferrari. Moving to Greenwich Village in the 1960s, the artist met Andy Warhol, with whom he struck up a friendship. Producing work in the 1970s on commission for various movie stars, the artist ran into financial trouble during the 1980s. In an effort to evade his debts, he purportedly fled to a rural part of Southeast Asia. A death certificate which surfaced in 2011, claims he died in Sri Lanka during the tsunami of December 26, 2004.
More information on Pietro Psaier can be found in this article:
https://www.xupes.com/magazine/article/2018/04/11/a-closer-look-at-pietro-psaier
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Pietro Psaier was an alleged Italian artist who produced Pop Art paintings and prints that mimicked and referenced those of Andy Warhol. It is important to note that there is very little biographical information on Psaier, outside of a 1963 press release. Born in 1936 near Rome, Italy, he spent a significant portion of his early adulthood designing cars for Enzo Ferrari. Moving to Greenwich Village in the 1960s, the artist met Andy Warhol, with whom he struck up a friendship. Producing work in the 1970s on commission for various movie stars, the artist ran into financial trouble during the 1980s. In an effort to evade his debts, he purportedly fled to a rural part of Southeast Asia. A death certificate which surfaced in 2011, claims he died in Sri Lanka during the tsunami of December 26, 2004.
More information on Pietro Psaier can be found in this article:
https://www.xupes.com/magazine/article/2018/04/11/a-closer-look-at-pietro-psaier