Odoardo Tabacchi

Overall the condition of the marble is very good. There is some wear to the surface consistent with age with an area of particular wear to the hands. There are a few minor naturally occurring veins. There are a few minor chips to the base.
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This novel statue of a young woman about to dive into the water is Odoardo Tabacchi's most famous model. The genre subject is daringly modern as the woman wears a short, one piece swimming costume. There are no allegorical or pastoral allusions in this delightful slice of contemporary life, it is simply a spontaneous moment as the girl purposefully holds her hands together above her head and leans forward to take the plunge.

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'ottocento e del primo novecento, Torino, 1994, vol. II, p. 185, no. 769