Lot 148
148
A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE BUST OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE BUST OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

CAST BY VALSUANI, FROM A MODEL BY ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966), EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details
A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE BUST OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
CAST BY VALSUANI, FROM A MODEL BY ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Signed 'A. Pina' and with 'VALSUANI. CIRE PERDUE' impressed in a diamond
the bronze: 19¼ in. (49 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, March 17, 1994, lot 224.

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Lot Essay

Alfredo Pina was Milanese by birth, studying at the Academia Brera then under Rodin in Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français (1911), the Salon d'Automne (1911), the Salon des Indépendants and the Tuileries. As exemplified by this charismatic portrait study of Beethoven, he specialised in portrait busts of musical and artistic figures.

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