Pietro Psaier

Pietro Psaier (1936 — 2004) was born in Italy. Psaier was better known for his Pop art and can be closely linked to Andy Warhol where he worked at his studio "The Factory", in New York often collaborating on pieces with Warhol. A joint exhibition of Psaier and Warhol in the 1970s included an electric chair owned by Warhol, which sold at auction for £4,800 in 1997. The paintings, drawings and assorted works by Psaier cannot be truly assembled into any chronological sequence, but into groups that for most part can be described as sets of formal problems. During the late 1950s Pietro Psaier worked with his father on concept cars designs for Enzo Ferrari. On October 27th 1962 his mentor, the Italian industrialist, Enrico Mattei died in a...