Antonio Berti – Female Portrait
Antonio Berti (San Piero a Sieve 1904–Sesto Fiorentino 1990) Female Portrait 1938 Bronze, h 55 cm Signed: “Antonio Berti 1938”
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Leonardo Bistolfi – Head of a Philosopher
Leonardo Bistolfi (Casale Monferrato (AL) 1859 – La Loggia (TO) 1933) Head of a Philosopher bronze 33.6 x 35.6 x 14 cm travertine base 46.6 x 44 x 20 cm Signed lower left: LB + The bronze head is a detail of the figure of the Philosopher (or of Thought) belonging to the marble sculptural…
Paolo Troubetzkoy – Gabriele D’Annunzio
Paolo Troubetzkoy Intra 1866 – Suna 1937 Gabriele D’Annunzio 1911 Bronze, lost wax, with dark patina, 43 x 31 x 32 cm Signed and dated at base: “Paul Troub[…] 1911”; foundry stamp: “C. Valsuani Cire Perdue” Provenance: Italy, private collection The long-lasting friendship between D’Annunzio and Troubetzkoy, witnessed by their meetings, correspondence and a poetical…
Giuseppe Piccone – Boxeur
Giuseppe Piccone (Albisola Superiore, 1912 – Albissola Marittima, 1960) Boxeur 1930-35 ca. Provenance: Lombardy, private collection Wood, black paint, cm h. 120 x 82 x 39.5 cm Of the Boxeur by the Ligurian Giuseppe Piccone are known two versions, different for dimensions and pose of the figure. This specimen, the bigger in size, sculpted in…
Mirko (Basaldella) – Portrait of Leoncillo
Mirko (Basaldella) Udine 1910-Cambridge, Mass. 1969 Portrait of Leoncillo 1953/54 Iron, 51,5 × 24,5 × 18 cm (with the plynth h 67 cm) Exhibition label on the back: “33” Provenance: Rome, private collection; Rome, Ovidio Jacorossi collection; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Barbara Tiberi, in Dal Simbolismo all’Astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella collezione Jacorossi, edited by Enrico Crispolti, Rome 2017, pp. 140-141. Exhibition: Rome, Musia, 1 dicembre 2017 – 1 gennaio 2018, Dal Simbolismo all’astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella…
Carmine Tripodi – Perseus
Carmine Tripodi (Oppido Mamertina (Reggio Calabria)1899–Rome 1970) Perseus Circa 1935 Boxwood, h 55.5 cm Signed at base: “C. Tripodi” Provenance: Rome, private collection Regularly present at national exhibitions, at the Società degli Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti, the Biennale Meridionale in Bari, the Mostra d’arte decorativa in Monza and the Venice Biennale, in…
Luigi Simonetti – Pair of medallion portraits
Luigi Simonetti (known of from 1823 to 1871) Pair of medallion portraits circa 1835 Two roundels in terracotta, ⌀ 13.5 cm Both signed: “L. Simonetti F.” Provenance: Rome, private collection Simonetti depicts the intense portraits of this young pair in silent dialogue in terracotta, employing a highly defined approach in the faces and brief…
Zaha Hadid – Projectual model for the contest of the Maxxi in Rome, final competition
Zaha Hadid (Bagdad 1950 – Miami 2016) Projectual model for the contest of the Maxxi in Rome, final competition 1999 Paper, colored cardboards, acetate, poliplat (carton plume), 6 x 71 x 38 cm
Maurice Constant Favre – Bust of Heinrich Schliemann
Maurice Constant Favre (Saint Maurice 1875 – Paris 1919) Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann (Neubukow 1822 – Naples 1890) 1918 Marble, 75 x 100 x 63 cm Signed and dated lower right on the base: “MAURICE FAVRE 1918” Provenance: Paris, private collection. Archives consulted: Paris, Musée d’Orsay; Boulogne Billancourt, Musée des Années Trente; Neubukow, Schliemann Museum;…
Joseph Deym von Střítež and Leonhard Posch – Sir William Hamilton
Joseph Müller Deym Wognitz 1752–Prague 1804 and Leonhard Posch Fügen, Austria 1750–Berlin 1831 William Hamilton 1793 Polychrome wax, within a leaded glass case on a Portoro Buono marble plinth, h 39 cm (with gilded pedestal) Inscribed on back: “S.W. HAMILTON” Provenance: Naples, private collection Count Joseph Deym von Strítez (Wognitz 1752 – Prague 1804)…