Details
Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Personaggi del circo I
signed and dated 'MARINO 1950' (lower right)
oil, gouache, wax crayon and ink with sgraffito on prepared canvas
36 x 26 5/8 in. (91.5 x 67.5 cm.)
Painted in 1950
Provenance
Erick Estorick, London, by 1958.
Mr & Mrs Kirk Douglas, Beverly Hills, by 1958; their sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1990, lot 311.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1992, lot 51.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Russoli, Marino Marini, paintings and drawings, London, 1965, no. 22, p. 181 (illustrated p. 73).
H. Read, P. Waldberg & G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini, Complete Works, New York, 1970, no. 67, p. 402 (illustrated p. 400).
E. Steingräber & L. Papi, Marino Marini Paintings, Ivrea, 1987, no. 134 (illustrated p. 67).
Exhibited
Pasadena, Art Museum, The New Renaissance in Italy, October - November 1958, no. 59 (titled 'Horse and Clowns').
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Arte Italiana del XX Secolo da Collezioni Americane, April - June, 1960, no. 119 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, July - September 1960.
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