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RENATO BERTELLI (1900-1974)
Profilo continuo di Mussolini
incised with the artist's signature 'Bertelli R. AXI' (on the base)
patinated terracotta
111⁄2 x 91⁄2 x 91⁄2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm)
Conceived circa 1933.
Provenance
Private collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Moreti, Renato Bertelli, 1900-1974, Florence, 2007, pp. 7, 55-71 and inside front cover (other examples illustrated).
Exhibited
Massa, Palazzo Ducale, L'accento interiore: Continuità della figura nella scultura toscana 1900-1940, July-October 1996, pp. 46-47 and 155 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
Predappio, Casa natale Mussolini, Renato Bertelli: La parentesi Futurista, June-August 2012 (another example exhibited).
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