Nureyev

Details

Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981)
Nureyev
signed and numbered with the artist's stamp 'PLAZZOTTA/1.9' (on the reverse of the neck)
bronze with a dark brown patina, unique
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, excluding marble base
Conceived in 1972.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1979.

Literature

M. Wykes-Joyce, Enzo Plazzotta: A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1986, p. 181, no. 191.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Private correspondence between the artist and the present owner confirms that although this was to be originally cast in an edition of nine only one work was cast due to a fire, therefore the present work is unique.

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