Lot 4
  • 4

Marino Marini

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marino Marini
  • PICCOLO GIOCOLIERE
  • signed with the monogram MM
  • bronze, hand coloured by the artist

  • Height: 51.5cm.
  • 20 1/4 in.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in the early 1980s

Literature

Patrick Waldberg, Herbert Read, & Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini, Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 371, no. 321, illustration of another cast
Carlo Pirovano, Marino Marini, Scultore, Milan, 1972, n.p., no. 326, illustration of another cast
Marino Marini - Opere (exhibition catalogue), Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena, 1990, n.p., illustration of another cast
Ellen Maurer, Marino Marini - Kunstwerke 3, Munich, 1997, p. 53, no. 25, illustration of another cast
Fondazione Marino Marini (ed.), Marino Marini. Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, p. 277, no. 395, illustration of another cast

Condition

Fine cast with crisp detail. The paint is well preserved and there is minimal wear to the patina. The cast retains the chalky residue from the casting mould which is typical to Marini's working process. The proper left arm has a fissure at shoulder level (visible in the catalogue photograph) which is inherent to the artistic process, occurring in the foundry as the bronze cooled. The overall condition of the bronze is very good.
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