Lot 16
  • 16

Leoncillo

Estimate
50,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Grande Mutilazione
  • signé
  • terracotta émaillée
  • 57 x 12,5 x 12,5 cm (sans base); 22 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (without base)
  • 63 x 13 x 13 cm (avec base en bois); 24 13/16 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (with wooden base)
  • Exécuté en 1962.

Provenance

Collection Leonardi, Rome
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel circa 2002

Exhibited

Verone, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Achille Forti, 1985; catalogue; no. 15, illustré
Rome, Galleria Arco Farnese, 1990; catalogue, no. 22, illustré
Bologne, Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Leoncillo, Sculture, Opere su carta, 2002; catalogue, p. 97, illustré en couleurs
Bologne, Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Terra Italiana, Paladino, Leoncillo, Chia, Matta, 18 janvier - 1 avril 2014
Milan, Fondazione Carriero, Fontana, Leoncillo. Forma della materia, 6 avril - 9 juillet 2016; catalogue, pp. 104, 107-109

Condition

Please note that the medium of this work is terracotta and enamel and not sandstone and enamel as described in the catalogue. The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is more subdued and slightly more nuanced in the original work. This work is in very good original condition.
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