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AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF A PANTHER AND CROCODILE
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AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF A PANTHER AND CROCODILE

AFTER SIRIO TOFANARI, CAST BY MARINELLI, FLORENCE

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE GROUP OF A PANTHER AND CROCODILE
AFTER SIRIO TOFANARI, CAST BY MARINELLI, FLORENCE
Inscribed to the base S.Tofanari, fuse Marinelli, Firenze, on a wood base and associated variegated white marble plinth
50in. (127cm.) high overall, the bronze -- 38in. (96.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Sirio Tofanari (b.1886 - d.1969).
Born in 1886 in Florence, Sirio Tofanari specialised in sculptures of animals. Self-taught, he worked in Paris and London.
Examples of his work are contained in the permanent collectins of museums in Barcelona, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Florence and Rome.

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