LOT DETAILS

Materials:

hand chiseled bronze with brown and gray patina

Measurements:

48.23 in. (122.50 cm.) (height) by 37.52 in. (95.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with raised initials and stamped with foundry mark 'M.M FONDERIA ARTISTICA BATTAGLIA' (on the top of the base)

Literature:

U. Apollonio, Marino Marini, Sculptor, Milan, 1953 (another cast illustrated, pls. 99 and 101). E. Langui, Marino Marini, Amsterdam, 1954, no. 24 (another cast illustrated). J. Setlik, Marino Marini, Prague, 1966, p. 39. P. Waldberg, H. Read and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini: Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 366, no. 287 (another cast illustrated, pp. 206-207). A.M. Hammacher, Marino Marini: Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, London, 1970, p. 321, no. 170 (another cast illustrated). C. Pirovano, Marino Marini scultore, Milan, 1972, no. 293 (another cast illustrated). G. di San Lazzaro, Omaggio a Marino Marini, Milan, 1974, pp. 28 and 62 (another cast illustrated). M. Meneguzzo, Marino Marini: Cavalli e cavalieri, Milan, 1997, pp. 122-123, 125-127 and 129, no. 67 (another cast illustrated). G. Carandente, Marino Marini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, p. 249, no. 352 (another cast illustrated).

Provenance:

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York. Lilian Florsheim, Chicago. Private collection, New York.