Marino Marini (1901-1980)
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Marino Marini (1901-1980)

Piccola Giuditta

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Marino Marini (1901-1980)
Piccola Giuditta
stamped with the initials 'M. M.' (on the outside of the figure's right foot); dated '1944' (between the figure's feet)
chiselled bronze with brown patina
25 5/8in. (65cm.) high
Conceived in 1944 and cast at a later date in an edition of four
Provenance
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, until 1966.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C..
The Trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden sale; Christie's New York, 15 May 1986, lot 367.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Vitali, Marini, Florence, 1946 (another cast illustrated pl. 58).
H. Read, P. Waldberg, and G. di San Lazzaro, Marino Marini, Complete Works, New York, 1970, no. 217 (another cast illustrated p. 354).
C. Pirovano, Marino Marini, Scultore, Milan, 1972, no. 225 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Marino Marini, April-June 1978, no. 41 (another cast illustrated p. 92).
Exh. cat., Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Marino Marini, May-July 1982, no. 14 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Marino Marini, Sculture, pitture, disegni dal 1914 al 1977, May-August 1983, no. 56 (another cast illustrated p. 119).
Exh. cat., Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Marino Marini (1901-1980), Plastiken, Bilder, Zeichnungen, June-August 1984, no. 130 (another cast illustrated).
C. Pirovano (ed.), Marino Marini, Catalogo del Museo San Pancrazio di Firenze, Milan, 1988, no. 101 (another cast illustrated p. 114).
C. Pirovano, Il Museo Marino Marini a Firenze, Milan, 1990 (another cast illustrated p. 55).
Exh. cat., Rome, Villa Medici, Marino Marini - Antologica 1919-1978, March-May 1991 (another cast illustrated p. 70).
Exh. cat., Osaka, Asakura Museum, Marino Marini, May-June 1992 (another cast illustrated).
S. Hunter and D. Finn, Marino Marini, The Sculpture, New York, 1993, pp. 146-149 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Vienna, Kunsthaus Wien, Marino Marini, Gemälde, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, May-September 1995, no. 75 (another cast illustrated).
Fondazione Marino Marini, Marino Marini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Sculptures, Milan, 1998, no. 238b (another cast illustrated p. 168).
Exhibited
Waltham, Massachusetts, Brandeis University, Third Festival of the Creative Arts, 1955.
Scottsdale, Arizona Art Foundation, Italian Art Today, January-February 1956.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, October 1962-January 1963, no. 284.
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Twentieth Century Italian Sculpture, October-November 1966.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Italian Sculpture, March-April 1976. This exhibition later travelled to Charlottesville, University of Virginia Art Gallery, April-May 1976.
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Marino Marini, April-June 1978, no. 41 (illustrated p. 92). This exhibition later travelled to Yamagata, Museum of Art, June-July 1978; Hokkaido, Museum of Modern Art, July-August 1978; Kumamoto, Prefectural Museum of Art, September-October 1978; and Hyogo, Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, October-November 1978.
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