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Umberto Pinzauti – Vase: “Welcome Spring…”

Umberto Pinzauti (Florence 1886–Ravenna 1960)  Vase: “Welcome Spring…”  Circa 1915  Bronze with wooden base, h 27.3 cm  Inscription in centre of vase: Ben venga maggio e l gonfalon selvaggio, ben venga primavera che vuol l’uom s’innamori (Welcome May and the flowering boughs, welcome Spring so that man falls in love).  On side of base: Paying tribute to the President, united youth offers this with affection. Signed on base: Pinzauti  Provenance: Rome, private collection    Attentive to the impact of Viennese Liberty, in 1909 he carries out the pictorial decorations of the newly–built small villa–cum-studio of Galileo Chini, in Florence. These…

Arrigo Minerbi – On the Ruins of Verdun

Not available   Arrigo Minerbi (Ferrara 1881-Padua 1960) On the Ruins of Verdun 1915-1920 Marble, 67,8 x 41 x 25,5 cm signed and dated on the base, right: “Arrigo Minerbi 1920” Provenance: Milan, private collection Bibliography: A. Minerbi, Arrigo Minerbi. Pensieri, confessioni, ricordi, Milan s.d. [but 1953], tav.3, dated 1915; La Grande Guerra. Arte e…

Corrado Cagli – Untitled

Corrado Cagli (Ancona 1910-1976) Untiteld late 1950s Colored corrugated cardboard, h 83 cm Provenance: donated by the artist to the photographer Pasquale de Antonis in the late 1950s; Rome, Mario Quesada collection; Rome, private collection Bibliografia: Mario Quesada. Lo storico dell’arte e il poeta, catalogo della mostra, Roma, Soprintendenza alla Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Museo…

Leopold Kiesling – The Genius of the Arts

Leopold Kiesling (1770 Schönleben near Liebenau, Upper Austria – 1827 Vienna) The Genius of the Arts Unveiling Nature as Isis – Diana of Ephesus 1808-1809 marble with bronze inserts (attribuited to Wilhelm Hopfgarten and Benjamin Ludwig Jollage),  high 140 cm provenance: Count Ferdinand Palffy de Erdoed (1774-1840), in 1821; Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein (1840-1929),…

Pio Fedi – Rape of Polyxena

Pio Fedi (1816 Viterbo -1892 Florence) Rape of Polyxena 1855 ca. sketch model in terracotta for the Loggia dei Lanzi group in Florence, mounted on a wooden pedestal with reliefs in black lacquered plaster, 41.5 high, base 62.5 cm Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence