Lot Essay
Pattinatrice II is the second version of this subject, the first of which Greco made in concrete in 1947 and later destroyed.
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Emilio Greco (1913-1995)
Pattinatrice II
Details
Emilio Greco (1913-1995)
Pattinatrice II
signed and dated 'GRECO 1959' (on the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 54 in. (139.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1959; this bronze version cast at a later date
Pattinatrice II
signed and dated 'GRECO 1959' (on the base)
bronze with black patina
Height: 54 in. (139.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1959; this bronze version cast at a later date
Literature
B. Degenhart, Der Bildhauer Emilio Greco, Mainz, 1960, pp. 86-87 (another cast illustrated; titled Schlittschuhlävferin (nr. II)). F. Bellonzi, Emilio Greco, Rome, 1962, p. 79, no. 47 (detail of another cast illustrated; titled Pattinatria).
J.P. Hodin, Emilio Greco, Sculpture and Drawings, Bath, 1971, p. 55, no. 46 (detail of another cast illustrated, pl. 46 and in color on the front cover).
J.P. Hodin, Emilio Greco, Sculpture and Drawings, Bath, 1971, p. 55, no. 46 (detail of another cast illustrated, pl. 46 and in color on the front cover).