AUCTION 329 - MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART (saleroom auction)
Lot 14
(2/3). This is the second bronze casting obtained from plaster in 1921. The Battaglia Artistic Foundry (1986/1987), Varese, was commissioned by Dr. ssa Claudia Gian Ferrari, owner of the plaster model (as per notarial deed) currently donated to FAI and owned by the Natiola Art Gallery, Rome, to carry out three bronze castings, each of which bears the respective mark 1/3; 2/3; 3/3 certifying the reproduction of only three copies. At the base signature and year (1921). Arco Farnese Gallery, Rome, authenticity certificate. Exhibition: Berlin, 1921 (Plaster); Florence, 1922 (Plaster); Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1985 (Plaster); Arco Farnese Gallery, Rome, 1986-1987 (Bronze); Saint Benin Center, Aosta, 1989 (Bronze). Publication: Arturo Martini by Guido Perocco,Editions Neri Pozza, Vicenza,1966, fig.66; Arturo Marini by F. Bellenzi, 1974, fig. 25. Arturo Martini by M. De Micheli and C. Gian Ferrari, 1985, p.43; Arturo Martini by F. Benzi, 1986-1987, p.17, fig.8; Rome 1918-1943,Viviani Arte, p.168; Il DecoItalia, Electa Editions, pag.63; Arturo Martini, Electa Editions, pag.65. Arturo Martini - Glia Anni di Anticoli Corrado, Quasar Editions, pag.9, fig.4; Libertry e Decò - mezzo secolo di stile italiano by Fabio Benzi, pag. 149, fig.34; Arturo Martini, De Luca Editor, pag. 17; Arte - Enciclopedia Universale, La Repubblica, pag.604. Opere scelte 1990, Galleria Arco Farnese, Rome. Provenance: Arco Farnese Gallery, Rome; Private Collection, Rome.
Starting price: € 15.000,00
Estimate: € 30.000,00 - 40.000,00
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