Live Auction 2859The Decorative Arts Sale
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A KNEELING MAN 'LE CONQUIS'
Lot 620

A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A KNEELING MAN 'LE CONQUIS'

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966), FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2011

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EUR 5,625

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF A KNEELING MAN 'LE CONQUIS'
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966), FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
The naturalistic base inscribed A. Pina and BRONZE and CIRE PERDUE
29 cm. high

Specialist note

This work was conceived to be part of the monument commemorating Dante and inspired by the latter's Commedia puis Divina Commedia. (cf. P. Fugairon, Sur un Monument au Dante Alighieri, du Statuaire Alfredo Pina, Le Figaro Artistique, Paris, November 6, 1925, p. 549)