Lot 92
  • 92

Giacomo Manzù 1908-1991

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Giacomo Manzù
  • Seconda variante del primo bozzetto per la Porta di San Pietro
  • Bronze, brown patina 
  • 29 by 14 7/8 in.
  • 73.7 by 38 cm.
  • Executed in 1947.

Literature

Eduard Hüttinger, Giacomo Manzù, Bodensee - Verlag, Amriswil, 1956, illustrated tav. 11
Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Giacomo Manzù scultore, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1957, illustrated tav. 59
Cesare Brandi, Studi per la Porta di San Pietro di Giacomo Manzù, Edizioni del Milione, Milano, 1964, n. 1, illustrated
Silvana Milesi, Manzù e Papa Giovanni. Sculture dell'anima, Corponove Editrice, Bergamo, 2001, illustrated p. 41
Silvana Milesi, 1908-2008 Manzù l'indimenticabile, Corponove editrice, Bergamo, 2007, illustrated p. 88

Condition

Very good condition. Delicate edges. Surface is dull with scattered verdigris. Mounted to velvet covered board. Bronze is attached to backing with original flanges.
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Catalogue Note

Inge Manzù has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.