Giacomo Manzu (1908-1991)
Giacomo Manzu (1908-1991)

Study for a bronze panel for the door of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome: Italian Death in the Air I

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Giacomo Manzu (1908-1991)
Study for a bronze panel for the door of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome: Italian Death in the Air I
stamped with signature and foundry mark 'Manzu NFMM' (upper right), dated and titled 'La Morte nelo Spazio' (across the bottom)
bronze relief with brown patina
20 x 15¾ in. (50.9 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 1963; unique
Provenance
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 14 May 1980, lot 182.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., The Bronze Reliefs for the Door of St. Peter's and Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings by Giacomo Manzù, 1965-1966, no. 15, p. 36 (clay model illustrated).
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Manzù, 1969, no. 20 (illustrated).
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Sculpture of Giacomo Manzù, 1975, no. 24 (illustrated).

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