Lot 136
Lot 136
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Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913–1995)

Grande figura seduta

    Price Realised USD 15,000
    Estimate
    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
    Closed: 7 May 2020
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    Emilio Greco (Italian, 1913–1995)

    Grande figura seduta

    Price Realised USD 15,000
    Closed: 7 May 2020
    Price Realised USD 15,000
    Closed: 7 May 2020
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    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
    Provenance
    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.
    Literature
    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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