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The Marino Marini Foundation has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Bagnante
Details
Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Bagnante
stamped with initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 ½ in. (59.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1943-1944
Bagnante
stamped with initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 ½ in. (59.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1943-1944
Provenance
Walter Fontana, Milan (acquired from the artist).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
G. Contini, Vingt sculptures de Marino Marini, Lugano, 1944, no. 1 (another cast illustrated).
L. Vitali, Marini-quaderni d’arte, Florence, 1946 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 8; dated 1942 and titled Nudo femminile).
R. Carrieri, Marino Marini: Scultore, Milan, 1948, p. 35 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 37; dated 1942).
U. Apollonio, Marino Marini: Sculptor, Milan, 1953, p. 33 (detail of another cast illustrated, pl. 31).
E. Trier, Marino Marini, Milan, 1961 (another cast illustrated, pl. 5).
H. Read, P. Waldberg and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini: Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 341, no. 129 (another cast illustrated, p. 41).
C. Pirovano, Marino Marini scultore, Milan, 1972, no. 138 (another cast illustrated).
G. Gentile, Marino Marini: Pomone e nudi femminili, Milan, 1991 (another cast illustrated, pl. 21).
G. Carandente, Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, p. 167, no. 236b (plaster version illustrated).
L. Vitali, Marini-quaderni d’arte, Florence, 1946 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 8; dated 1942 and titled Nudo femminile).
R. Carrieri, Marino Marini: Scultore, Milan, 1948, p. 35 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 37; dated 1942).
U. Apollonio, Marino Marini: Sculptor, Milan, 1953, p. 33 (detail of another cast illustrated, pl. 31).
E. Trier, Marino Marini, Milan, 1961 (another cast illustrated, pl. 5).
H. Read, P. Waldberg and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini: Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 341, no. 129 (another cast illustrated, p. 41).
C. Pirovano, Marino Marini scultore, Milan, 1972, no. 138 (another cast illustrated).
G. Gentile, Marino Marini: Pomone e nudi femminili, Milan, 1991 (another cast illustrated, pl. 21).
G. Carandente, Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, p. 167, no. 236b (plaster version illustrated).
Exhibited
Korea, MOA Museum, Italian Modern & Contemporary Sculpture, 2016, p. 43 (illustrated, pl. 13).
Sale Room Notice
Please note this lot will now be offered not subject to a reserve.
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