MARINO MARINI | Composizione

signature with monogram by cachet on the base, executed in 1965, unique exemplar, bronze(monogramma a cachet sulla base, eseguito nel 1965, esemplare unico, bronzo) This singular bronze sculpture by Marino Marini is made from assembled pieces bronze which seems almost snapped and thereby lighten the material mass. Its structure is simultaneously sharp and rounded. From the 1920s onwards the artists dedicates himself to his sculptures. This piece is an excellent example from the latter period of the artist’s career in which we can see his wealth of experience.(Questa particolare scultura di Marini si declina in una plastica spezzata che alleggerisce la massa del bronzo. La sua struttura si fa a volte tagliente a volte stondata. L’artista si dedicò quasi esclusivamente alla scultura a partire dagli anni Venti. Questo pezzo si inserisce, dunque, quasi al termine di una lunga esperienza che ben si riflette nella sapiente armonia della sua composizione.) The sale proceeds for this lot will benefit philanthropic activities.(Il ricavo della vendita di questo lotto sarà destinato ad attività filantropiche.)

Carlo Pirovano, Marino Marini - Scultore, Milano 1972, n. 384
Maria Teresa Tosi, Marino Marini. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Milano 1998, p. 322, n. 461, illustrato

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