Auction on
08 December 2020 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
This plaster sculpture sheds light on the origins of a myth: that of Marino Marini's The Angel of the City, known all over the world through the provocative version standing at the entrance of the Guggenheim Foundation in Venice, on the Grand Canal.
Marino Marini (1901-1988), Cavallo e cavaliere, preparatory sculpture in plaster and metal, c. 1940-1945, unique piece, signed "Marini" on the base, 40.5 x 40.5 x 12 cm (approx. 15.9 x 15.9 x 4.7 in). Estimate: €80,000/120,000
Marino Marini (1901-1988), Cavallo e cavaliere, preparatory sculpture in plaster and metal, c. 1940-1945, unique piece, signed "Marini" on the base, 40.5 x 40.5 x 12 cm (approx. 15.9 x 15.9 x 4.7 in). Estimate: €80,000/120,000
The Italian expressionist artist was never moved by the equestrian statues proliferating in Italian cities, like Verrocchio's Colleone in Venice or Donatello's Gattamelata in Padua: he felt they were all too monumental and heroic. However, he said that in 1934, he was struck by the statue of a young horseman in the choir of Bamberg Cathedral in Germany . "This horseman made a great impression on me, probably because he came from a legendary, far-off world in a lost country." Marini was fascinated with the unreality of this youthful and radiant figure, traditionally considered a portrait of Emperor Henry II, who was canonized…
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