19th & 20th Century Sculpture

19th & 20th Century Sculpture

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Enrico Astorri

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