Live Auction 1175The Italian Sale
Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Lot 64 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 

Marino Marini (1901-1980)

Piccolo cavallo filiforme

Closed18 October 2013

Price Realised

GBP 170,500

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Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Piccolo cavallo filiforme
stamped with raised initials 'M.M.' and numbered '5/6' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown and green patina
Height: 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.)
Conceived in 1951 and cast in an edition of 6

Alex Voemel, Dusseldorf.
Gabriele H. Grunebaum, New York, by whom acquired from the above in May 1961, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

'My archaism, my Etruscans there is not much to explain. My identity was born there, in that region. Those are my grandfathers. It's a civilization that still today surfaces on the ground, something that still feeds those who are alive. I feel extremely attached to my land, to this folk, archaic feeling so alive and intelligent. It's in my blood, I cannot get rid of it'.

M. Marini, quoted in M. de Micheli, 'Una scultura fra natura e storia', pp. 13-22, in Marino Marini, sculture, pitture, disegni dal 1914 al 1977, exh. cat., Venice, 1983, p. 16.