Sale 5472
London
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21 June 2012
Price realised
GBP 32,450
Estimate
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
M. de Micheli, Giacomo Manzù, Milan, 1988, p. 280, no. 61 (the larger version illustrated p. 105).
Inge Manzù has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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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