ANTONIUCCI VOLTI (1915-1989) MATERNITY AT THE... Lot 10

ANTONIUCCI VOLTI (1915-1989) MATERNITY AT THE POUPON, CRAFT 1960 Bronze with black patina Lost-wax cast Signed, numbered '3/6' and stamped with foundry mark Clémenti on the back Proof cast in 2000 after a model designed in 1960 Bronze with black patina signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark "Clementi"; lost-wax cast; cast in 2000 after a model designed in 1960 H. 35 CM - 13 3/4 IN. PROVENANCE Mr. Nicolas Antoniucci has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Paris, Ader sale, December 7, 2018, lot 148. Acquired during this sale by the current owner. RELATED WORK Jean-Robert Delahaut, Volti: Sculptures and Drawings, Éditions Pierre Cailler, Geneva: 1968, p. 103. "You, you situate yourself in contemporary art in a very clear way: you are the descendant of Renoir, of Maillol and of Malfray. Of the first by a certain original and heavy type of woman, of the second by the roundness of the forms, of the third by your research of movement. But you add to it the sense of the material, the concern to inscribe your groups in a well closed curve" Pierre du Colombier to Volti, Journal de l'Amateur d'Art, 1957.