ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966) - Lot 4

ALFREDO PINA (1883-1966) La Pisanella (The Woman from Pisa), model created around [1916], most probably inspired by the character in Gabriele d'Annunzio's book published in 1914. Sculpture. Proof in shaded black patinated bronze. Lost-wax casting. Antique ante mortem edition. Cubic base in sea-green marble. Signed A. PINA and bears the founder's stamp MONTAGUTELLI Frères - Cire perdue -Paris on the right side. Height sculpture only: 39cm Height: 54cm Public collections: MacNay Art Museum, San Antonio, USA - A marble proof of the model kept in this institution under inventory number 2013.2 Bibliography: D. Achelle - La sculpture contemporaine et l'œuvre d'Alfred Pina - Collection "L'Art", Imprimerie Charaire, Sceaux, circa 1920. A bronze proof of the model is reproduced on page 78.