Primavera (Spring), 1961
Signed "Greco I" in the cast to the tree trunk and titled to the gallery label affixed to the underside of the travertine base. Accompanied by Dominion Gallery's Certificate of Authenticity dated August 6th, 1970.Bronze/Base 45.25 x 18 x 15 in - 114.9 x 45.7 x 38.1 cm; 2 x 10 x 10 in - 5.1 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
sculpted in 1961
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Jun 13, 2019.
Lot 779
Lot 779
Estimate: CAD $10,000 - $15,000
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Inventory No. B4564 described as a "silver cast" acquired directly from the artist as stated in the accompanying Dominion Gallery Certificate of Authenticity dated August 6th, 1970, signed by Max Stern;
From whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Toronto on April 3rd, 1969 accompanied by the receipt
Literature:
Sergei Androsov and Antonella Greco; "Emilio Greco - Sculptor Searching for the Ideal - Sculpture, Drawings, Etchings 1946/1993", The State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, 21 February-21 May 2006, plate no. 12 (a similar cast illustrated);
Leonardo Sciascia, "Emilio Greco - A Cura di Elio Mercuri, Il Cigno", Edizioni d'Arte, Roma, Italy, 1971, p. 96
Notes:
In 2009, Ms. Antonella Greco, daughter of the artist and the leading expert on works by Emilio Greco, wrote the following:
"We own the plaster model of the sculpture which actually is a work made by Emilio Greco."
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Inventory No. B4564 described as a "silver cast" acquired directly from the artist as stated in the accompanying Dominion Gallery Certificate of Authenticity dated August 6th, 1970, signed by Max Stern;
From whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Toronto on April 3rd, 1969 accompanied by the receipt
Literature:
Sergei Androsov and Antonella Greco; "Emilio Greco - Sculptor Searching for the Ideal - Sculpture, Drawings, Etchings 1946/1993", The State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, 21 February-21 May 2006, plate no. 12 (a similar cast illustrated);
Leonardo Sciascia, "Emilio Greco - A Cura di Elio Mercuri, Il Cigno", Edizioni d'Arte, Roma, Italy, 1971, p. 96
Notes:
In 2009, Ms. Antonella Greco, daughter of the artist and the leading expert on works by Emilio Greco, wrote the following:
"We own the plaster model of the sculpture which actually is a work made by Emilio Greco."
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