Name: Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913–1995)
Brand: Grande figura seduta
Price: 12000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913–1995)
Grande figura seduta
Signed 'GRECO'. (on the left thigh)
Bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 52 in. (132 cm.)
Original terracotta version executed in 1951; this bronze version cast at a later date

Dominion Gallery, Montreal.
Elda Colefax, Santa Barbara.
Anon. (gift from the above, 1962); sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1999, lot 718.
Acquired at the above from the present owner.

F. Bellonzi, Emilio Greco, Rome, 1962, p. 44, no. 12 (another cast illustrated).
J. Hodin, Emilio Greco Sculpture & Drawings, Bath, 1971, pl. IV (another cast illustrated in color).
L. Sciascia, Emilio Greco, Rome, 1971, p. 35 (another cast illustrated).
E. Lucie-Smith, Movements in Art Since 1945, London, 1984, p. 207 (another cast illustrated in color).
"Hommage Emilio Greco", XXe Sicle, no. 59, September, 1985, p. 12 (another cast illustrated).
M. Pisani, Greco, Rome, 1987, p. 131 (another cast illustrated).
S.O. Androsov, Emilio Greco le sculture , Il Cigno Galileo Galilei, Rome, 2016, no. 41.

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The original terracotta of this sculpture is held by the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo of Orvieto. Another edition of this cast was purchased in 1955 by the Tate UK and remains in their collections, most recently exhibited in 2007-2008 at the Tate Modern.