LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MASSIVE ITALIAN TRAVERTINE BENCH
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The arched back centred by a medallion of a Roman Emperor over a freize of a winged putti at play flanked by fruit-filled urns and lion arm rests, the rectangular seat above a flower-filled entrelac apron betwee shield and fluted pilaster supports, each side carved in high relief with addorsed winged griffons between an urn and beneath trailing flowers
46 ½ in. (118 cm.) high; 78 in. (198 cm.) wide 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

By repute the Unzué Palace, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Special notice

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Further details

Please note this lot can be viewed by appointment at Christie’s Park Royal, Crozier Fine Arts, Unit 7, Central Park, Central Way, London NW10 7FY. Please contact Giles Forster gforster@christies.com +44 20 7389 2146

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Lot Essay

Built in the Italianate style by Mariano Unzué with his wife Mercedes Baudrix in the 1880s, the Unzué Palace became the permanent residence of Juan Domingo and Eva Perón, and Evita died there on 26th July 1952. Damaged in the 1955 revolution to overthrow Peron, the Unzué Palace was demolished in 1958 to erase all traces of its last occupants and stop it becoming a place of pilgrimage to Evita.

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