19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver and Works of Art

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Lot 569
  • 569

Caesare Lapini VOLERE È POTERE FLORENCE, 1889

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Caesare Lapini
  • figure height 27 3/4 in.; pedestal height 44 in.
  • 70.5 cm; 112 cm
carved white marble, titled on the front and signed C. Lapini / Firenze 1889, raised on a green marble pedestal.

Literature

Alfonso Panzetta, Dizionario degli Scultori italiani, vol. I, Adarte, 2003, p. 513.

Catalogue Note

Lapini also produced this model with the title in French, "Vouloir C'est Pouvoir." A similar model sold Sotheby's New  York, November 28, 2006 for $24,000.