19th & 20th Century Sculpture
19th & 20th Century Sculpture
Girl cradling her cat
Lot Closed
July 12, 12:02 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Enrico Astorri
Italian
1859 - 1921
Girl cradling her cat
signed: E. Astori Milano
white marble
100cm., 39¼in.
Born in Piacenza, Enrico Astorri commenced his studies as a sculptor at the Instituto Gazzola in his home town. He subsequently transferred to the famous Accademia di Brera in Milan. In the following years he exhibited many of his works at national and international exhibitions including his marble sculpture of La Serenata at the Turin exhibition of 1884.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Nuovo dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento, Turin, 2003, p. 36