Mimosa At Piazza Armerina I

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Mimosa At Piazza Armerina I

Val Archer (born 1946)

Price

£3,500

Signed

Signed with initials
Inscribed 'Piazza Armerina I' on reverse

Medium

Oil on paper

Dimensions

21 ¼ x 29 inches

Exhibited

'Val Archer: An Italian Summer', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, May 2012, no 18;
'Italy 1800-2025: A Celebration of an English Love Affair', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April 2025

Piazza Armerina is a town and region in southern Sicily. The nearby Villa Romana del Casale, now a world heritage site, has over 3,500 square metres of well preserved, elaborate and highly decorative mosaic floors; Val and Rog visited in there in Spring.

‘The story of this painting is simply, that Mimosa is the first harbinger of Spring. Near the mosaic of the yellow fish was a flowering mimosa tree and they both just fused in a most delightful way.’
Val Archer, 2025

Framed