20th Century Italian Art

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Lot 13
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Pietro Consagra

Estimate
45,000 - 65,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pietro Consagra
  • Impronta Solare
  • signed and dated 1961
  • bronze
  • bronze: 68.8cm.; 27 1/8 in.
  • overall: 76cm.; 30in.
  • This work is from an edition of 2 in this size. A smaller and a larger version of this work, editions of 6 and 2 respectively, were also cast in the same year.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1984

Exhibited

Le Havre, Musée Maison de la Culture, Sculpture Contemporaine, 1962, no. 38
Fano, Chiesa di San Domenico, L'Oro nella Ricerca Plastica, 1985, p. 42, illustrated in colour
Parma, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli; Verona, Palazzo Forti, Forma 1, 1995, p. 84, illustrated in colour
Milano, Galleria Blu, La Scultura Lingua Morta?, 1999, p. 47, illustrated in colour
Acqui Terme, Ex Coltellerie Caimano, La Scultura Lingua Viva. Arturo Martini e il Rinnovamento della Scultura in Italia nella Seconda Metà del Novecento, 2002, p. 137, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer and deeper, though the patina tends more towards true bronze in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few fine scratches and faint rub marks present to the work's surface, as well as some scattered spots of oxidisation, which would all appear to be inherent to the ageing process of the artist's chosen medium.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the Archivio Consagra , Milan, and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity

"The dominating idea of my work is to express the dramatic rhythm of present-day life, with the plastic components to be considered the formal synthesis of human acts, in contact with those gears of society in which such acts are necessary: will, strength, optimism, simplicity, clarity." Pietro Consagra cited in Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Staempfli Gallery, Pietro Consagra, Recent Sculptures, 1962