Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Bagnante
stamped with initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 ½ in. (59.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1943-1944
Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Bagnante
stamped with initials 'MM' (on the top of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 23 ½ in. (59.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1943-1944
Walter Fontana, Milan (acquired from the artist). By descent from the above to the present owner.
G. Contini, Vingt sculptures de Marino Marini, Lugano, 1944, no. 1 (another cast illustrated). L. Vitali, Marini-quaderni d’arte, Florence, 1946 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 8; dated 1942 and titled Nudo femminile). R. Carrieri, Marino Marini: Scultore, Milan, 1948, p. 35 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 37; dated 1942). U. Apollonio, Marino Marini: Sculptor, Milan, 1953, p. 33 (detail of another cast illustrated, pl. 31). E. Trier, Marino Marini, Milan, 1961 (another cast illustrated, pl. 5). H. Read, P. Waldberg and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini: Complete Works, New York, 1970, p. 341, no. 129 (another cast illustrated, p. 41). C. Pirovano, Marino Marini scultore, Milan, 1972, no. 138 (another cast illustrated). G. Gentile, Marino Marini: Pomone e nudi femminili, Milan, 1991 (another cast illustrated, pl. 21). G. Carandente, Marino Marini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, p. 167, no. 236b (plaster version illustrated).
Korea, MOA Museum, Italian Modern & Contemporary Sculpture, 2016, p. 43 (illustrated, pl. 13).
Please note this lot will now be offered not subject to a reserve.
Specialist note
The Marino Marini Foundation has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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