Nureyev

Details

Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981)
Nureyev
numbered '5/12' and hallmarked 18 carat yellow gold (on the base)
18 carat yellow gold
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high excluding black stone base
Conceived in 1974 and cast in 1979

Provenance

Commissioned by Morris Singer Foundry, London.

Literature

M. Wykes-Joyce, Enzo Plazzotta A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1986, p.184, (G1).

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Lot Essay

It was the muscle-testing movements of the dancer's body which intrigued Plazzotta, encouraging him to make several studies of Nureyev, Dowell and Sibley. The dancers are modelled at full stretch or in rehearsal, the artist exploring the dynamics of ballet rather than traditional, gracefully constructed poses. Plazzotta first modelled Nureyev in 1968, the present work being cast in 1974.

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