Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Giocolieri
with raised initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina hand-chiseled and painted by the artist
Height: 20 in. (51 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Giocolieri
with raised initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina hand-chiseled and painted by the artist
Height: 20 in. (51 cm.)
Executed in 1953
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (bequest from the above, 1988); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 1989, lot 433.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
A.M. Hammacher, Marino Marini, Sculpture, Painting and Drawing, New York, 1969, p. 202 (another cast illustrated).
H. Read, P. Waldberg and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini, Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 369, no. 305 (another cast illustrated).
E. Caballo, Marino Marini, London, 1980, no 127 (another cast illustrated).
Specialist note
The Marino Marini Foundation has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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