LOT DETAILS

Materials:

hand chiselled bronze with brown and gold patina

Measurements:

46.65 in. (118.50 cm.) (height)

Edition:

ed. 5

Markings:

stamped with the raised initials 'M.M' and with the foundry mark 'FONDERIA ARTISTICA BATTAGLIA e C MILANO' (on the base)

Exhibited:

(Probably) Gothenburg, Konstmuseum, Marino Marini, 1953, no. 33 (illustrated, as measuring 121 cm.).

Literature:

U. Apollonio, Marino Marini, sculptor, Milan 1953 (another cast illustrated pls. 99 & 101). E. Langui, Marino Marini, Munich 1954 (another cast illustrated pl. 24). J. Setlk, Marino Marini, Prague 1966, p. 39. P. Waldberg, H. Read and G. Di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini: complete works, New York 1970, no. 287 (another cast illustrated, pp. 206-207). A. M. Hammacher, Marino Marini: sculpture, painting, drawing, London 1970, p. 321 (another cast illustrated pl. 170). C. Pirovano, Marino Marini scultore, Milan 1972, no. 293.3 (another cast illustrated). G. Di San Lazzaro, Omaggio a Marino Marini, Milan 1974, pp. 28-62. G. Ruggeri, Io sono un etrusco: Marino Marini, Bologna 1978, pp. 149-151. M. Meneguzzo, Marino Marini: cavalli e cavalieri, Milan 1997, no. 67, pp.122-123, 125-127 and 129. Fondazione Marino Marini (ed.), Marino Marini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan 1998, no. 352 (another cast illustrated, p. 249).

Provenance:

(Probably) Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm. Acquired by the present owner in 1955.