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Arturo Martini (1889-1947)
Leone e leonessa, 1936
€ 60.000,00 / 80.000,00
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Arturo Martini (1889-1947) Leone e leonessa, 1936
Pair of garden sculptures in green enamelled grès in the shape of lying lion and lioness on rectangular basement.
cm 136x52x45 e cm 128x52x44
Loss of glaze, two corners of lion's basement missing.
These two sculptures are the result of the collaboration of Martini with the industrial Jean Charles Mathon, owner of a company of refractory materials and made in a little serie. A couple presented by him was placed at the entrance of the Bocconi University in Milan, designed by Pagano and Predaval between 1938 and 1941.
cm 136x52x45 e cm 128x52x44
Loss of glaze, two corners of lion's basement missing.
These two sculptures are the result of the collaboration of Martini with the industrial Jean Charles Mathon, owner of a company of refractory materials and made in a little serie. A couple presented by him was placed at the entrance of the Bocconi University in Milan, designed by Pagano and Predaval between 1938 and 1941.
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Cadute di smalti e due angoli mancanti del basamento del leone. Queste due sculture sono frutto della collaborazione di Martini con l'industriale Jean Charles Mathon, industriale specializzato nella lavorazione di materiali refrattari e furono realizzate in un numero ristretto di esemplari. Una coppia fu collocata all'ingresso dell'Università Bocconi di Milano, progettata da Pagano e Predaval tra il 1938 e il 1941. Bibliografia G. Vianello, N. Stringa, C. Gian Ferrari, Arturo Martini: catalogo ragionato delle sculture, Vicenza 1998, pp. 268-269; C. Casali, Arturo Martini. Armonie. Figure tra mito e realtà, Bologna 2013, pp. 140-141
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Ceramics of Italian Artists of the Twentieth Century
tue 4 December 2018
Milan
SINGLE SESSION 04/12/2018 Hours 15:00
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