MEDARDO ROSSO (1858-1928)

Details

MEDARDO ROSSO (1858-1928)

Bambino ebreo

signed and dedicated bottom right 'Rosso'--wax over plaster
Height: 8½in. (21.5cm.)
Original version executed in 1892; this example executed 1900-1914; unique

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the family of the present owner

Literature

E. Claris, De l'impressionnisme en sculpture, Paris, 1902, p. 21 (another example illustrated, p. 77)
A. Soffici, Medardo Rosso 1858-1928, Florence, 1929, p. 41 (another example illustrated, p. 52)
G. Papini, Medardo Rosso, Milan, 1945, pl. 27 (another example illustrated)
M. Borghi, Medardo Rosso, Milan, 1950, pp. 36-28, 52, 66-67, pls. 32 and 33 (other examples illustrated)
M.S. Barr, Medardo Rosso, New York, 1963, pp. 36, 38, 65 (another example illustrated, p. 38)
M.S. Barr, "Medardo Rosso and His Utrecht Friend," Portfolio, no. 8, Spring, 1964, p. 86 (another example illustrated, p. 79)
J. de Sanna, Medardo Rosso o la creazione dello spazio moderno, Milan, 1985, pp. 56, 103, 113, 135-136 (another example illustrated, pl. 19)

Lot Essay

The subject of this portrait is one of the children in the Rothschild family, probably Oscar Ruben Rothschild, who was born in 1888. Several versions exist; it was the artist's method to model in wax over a plaster base, creating a distinct, unique expression in each work.

Luciano Caramel will include this sculpture in his forthcoming Rosso catalogue raisonné.