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Marino Marini
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description
- Marino Marini
- Cavallo (Horse)
- Signed Marino and dated 1953 (lower right)
- Oil, brush and ink and pen and ink on paper
- 17 by 24 1/2 in.
- 43.2 by 62.2 cm
Provenance
Saidenberg Gallery, New York
Alexander M. Bing (acquired from the above in November 1959)
Private Collection, Florida (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2005, lot 250)
Acquired at the above sale
Alexander M. Bing (acquired from the above in November 1959)
Private Collection, Florida (by descent from the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 2005, lot 250)
Acquired at the above sale
Condition
Executed on cream colored wove paper affixed to a mount at several places on the top edge on verso. Top, left and right edges are slightly deckled. Bottom edge is cut. A few tiny nicks around the extreme perimeter of the sheet. A soft crease at extreme lower edge, outside of image area, towards left side. Sheet is slightly time darkened.Some scattered, stable craquleure. Colors are bright and the line is strong. Overall this work is in very good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Marini’s assertion that “drawing, for me, is the outline of life, while its emotion is colour and sculpture provides both its body and its architecture,” is evident in his execution of Cavallo. As Lorenzo Papi writes, “Marino’s paintings, in fact, supply the emotion of the feeling of life. He identifies its essential, structural lines in his sparkling drawings, lines that trace out the subtle, sometimes invisible boundary between the physical and the metaphysical world, and are the convulsed or serene, clear or story diagram of the bounds of matter leading to non matter” (Lorenzo Papi, Marino Marini Paintings, Livorno, 1993, p. 48).