ANTONIUCCI VOLTI (1915-1989) LITCHI, 1991 Bronze... Lot 9

ANTONIUCCI VOLTI (1915-1989) LITCHI, 1991 Bronze with black patina Signed and numbered 5/6 Fondeur Susse Frères, Paris Bronze with black patina; signed and numbered 5/6; foundry mark 'Fondeur Susse Frères, Paris' H. 69 CM - 27 1/8 IN. PROVENANCE Mr. Nicolas Antoniucci has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Sale, Marc-Arthur Kohn, Monday, November 10, 2008, lot 87. Acquired during this sale by the current owner. Private collection, France. RELATED WORKS Jean-Robert Delahaut, Volti: Sculptures and Drawings, Éditions Pierre Cailler, Geneva: 1968, p. 112. "Volti's goddesses, with their full forms, are reminiscent of beautiful fruits, gorged with the juices of the earth, blossoming in the joyful mystery of the sunlight." Maximilien Gauthier, op. in. Literary News, 1957. "Its sure instinct of the form and its sense of the human one move away Volti with as much force from the systematic deviations as from the dreaded "pretty". His nudes are bold and supple, spiritual and sensual, familiar and unexpected. In small formats that make them sculptures for apartments, they approve an expression of art without mawkishness, without concession, which has as much strength as grace, sometimes even majesty." Michelle Seurière, Connaissances des Arts "I have been related to Maillol, which is not quite right. Maillol is a carnal man. I am an architect of sensuality." Volti