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Study for a bronze panel for the door of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome: Italian Death in the Air I
Details
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
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.
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).
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Manzù, 1969, no. 20 (illustrated).
New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co., Sculpture of Giacomo Manzù, 1975, no. 24 (illustrated).