Alfredo Pina
Head of Saint John the Baptist
Auction Closed
June 10, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Alfredo Pina
Milan 1887 - 1966 Mesves-sur-Loire
Head of Saint John the Baptist
signed: A. Pina and stamped: CIRE / A. VALSUANI / PERDUE
bronze, dark brown patina, on a wood base
bronze: 29 by 37 by 26cm., 11⅜ by 14⅝ by 10¼in.
base: 6 by 26 by 20.5cm., 2⅜ by 10¼ by 8⅛in.
Having attended the Accademia di Brera in his native Milan, Alfredo Pina moved to Paris around 1906 and first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1912. The young Italian sculptor worked in Auguste Rodin's atelier from 1909-10 and his master's impact is evident in Pina's powerful style of modelling. The expressive form of the present model of Saint John the Baptist epitomises the artist's distinctive style.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo Dizionario degli Scultori Italiani dell'Ottocento e del Primo Novocento, vol. II, Turin, 2003, p. 149