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ALFREDO PINA (1883–1966),
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ALFREDO PINA (1883–1966),
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ALFREDO PINA (1883–1966),
‘The Final Effort’,
Bronze sculpture with a black patina with reddish-brown highlights, signed in relief on the pedestal and bearing the foundry mark ‘A. VALSUANI cire perdue’. Model created around 1920.
Some wear and signs of impact on the right arm.
Provenance: Private collection H: 40 L: 20 D: 20 cm
Note: Alfredo Pina began his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and was awarded the National Grand Prix for Sculpture in 1904. Upon his arrival in France, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français and joined Auguste Rodin’s studio in 1913. He settled in Montparnasse in the studio formerly occupied by Antoine Bourdelle, and in 1920, the Galerie Allard organised a retrospective exhibition of his work.
Note: This work depicts the allegory of Purgatory, intended for a proposed monument to Dante Alighieri. This 1920 project was never realised,
Bibliography: B. Musetti, ‘The Question of Gigantism in Italy in the 1920s’. The Case of Alfredo Pina, C. Fraixe, L. Piccioni and C. Poupault, Towards a Latin Europe: Actors and Issues in Cultural Exchanges between France and Fascist Italy, Brussels, 2014, pp. 31–45. B. Musetti, ‘The Italian Followers of Auguste Rodin and the Question of Public Monuments: The Case of Alfredo Pina’s Monument to Dante Alighieri’, Bulletin de L’AHAI, no. 11, 2005, pp. 121–128.
See original version (French)
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