signed M. M., bronze, 31.4 x 46.6 x 14.2 cm (without base), h. 42.5 cm (with base)
This is an edition of 5 examples (three of them are in private collections)
The work is registered in the Fondazione Marino Marini, Pistoia and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity
Provenance:
Collection of Marina Marini (wife of the artist)
Didier Imbert Collection, Paris
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
Lugano, Marino Marini - Gli anni nel Ticino sculture - disegni, Galleria Pieter Coray, October-December 1981, exh. cat. with ill. no. 4
Venice, Marino Marini. Sculture pitture disegni dal 1914 al 1977, May 28 - August 15, 1983, exh. cat. no. 38
Munich, Marino Marini (1901-1980) - Sculpture Pictures Drawings, Alter Herkulessaal, March-April 1984, exh. cat. with ill. no. 9
Verona, Marino Marini. Mitografia. Sculture e dipinti 1939 - 1966, Galleria dello Scudo, 11 December 1994 - 12 February 1995, exh. cat. p. 37
Paris, Paris Capitale des Arts, Galerie Didier Imbert, 28 April -14 July 1989, exh. cat. p. 149, no. 69 with ill.
Literature:
G. Contini, 20 sculture of Marino Marini, Quaderni della Collana
di Lugano, ed. Collana, Lugano 1944, pl. 9
A.H. Hammacher, Marino Marini sculptures, paintings, drawings, ed.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, New York 1970, pl. 101
P. Waldberg-H. Read-G. di San Lazaro, L'Oeuvre complète de Marino Marini, ed. XXe Siecle, Paris 1970 c. s. n. 124
C. Pirovano, Marino Marini-Scultore. Electa, Milan 1972, no. 133 with ill.
M. Meneguzzo, Marino Marini-Il Museo alla Villa Reale di Milano, Skira Editore, Milan 1997, cat. p. 209, no. 17
Fondazione Marino Marini (ed.), Marino Marini, Marino Marini. Catalogo ragionato della scultura, Skira,
Milan 1998, p. 148, no. 205 with ill.