• Impressionist/Modern Day Sale auction at Christies

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    21 June 2012

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    • Giacomo Manzù (1908-1991)
    Lot 431

    Giacomo Manzù (1908-1991)

    Bambina

    Price realised

    GBP 32,450

    Estimate

    GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000

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    Giacomo Manzù (1908-1991)
    Bambina
    stamped with the signature and foundry mark 'Manzù NFMM' (on the side of the base)
    bronze with brown patina
    Height: 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.)
    Cast in 1965

    Provenance

    Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 2002, lot 215.
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    M. de Micheli, Giacomo Manzù, Milan, 1988, p. 280, no. 61 (the larger version illustrated p. 105).


    Lot Essay

    Inge Manzù has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

    Other information

    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.
    VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.


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