19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Property of an Italian Nobleman
Aristide Fontana
La Pensierosa (Bust of a Woman)
Lot Closed
December 15, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of an Italian Nobleman
Aristide Fontana
Italian
late 19th century
La Pensierosa (Bust of a Woman)
signed and dated: Aristide Fontana Sc: / London 1885
white marble, on a white marble socle
70cm., 27½in. overall
Christie's London, 29 October 1992, lot 25
Aristide Fontana exhibited the first version of this beautiful model in 1882.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori Italiani dell'ottocento e del primo novecento, Turin, 2003, vol. 1, p. 370 and p. 401, fig. 760
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori Italiani dell'ottocento e del primo novecento, Turin, 2003, vol. 1, p. 370 and p. 401, fig. 760