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Emilio Greco
(Italian, 1913-1995)
Head of a Man, 1947
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Live Auction
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part III
Location
Philadelphia
Size
height: 9 1/2 in. (24.1cm)
Description
Emilio Greco
(Italian, 1913-1995)
Head of a Man, 1947
bronze with brownish-gold patina
signed GRECO (lower right)
height: 9 1/2 in. (24.1cm)
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Condition
height: 9 1/2 in.width: 6 in.depth: 7 1/2 in.stone base: 3/4 x 7 x 5 in.wood base: 2 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 in.
Signature
signed GRECO (lower right)
Provenance
Provenance:Mrs. Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Hills, California.Christie's East, New York, sale of May 31, 1984, lot 161.Acquired directly from the above sale.Exhibition:New York, The Contemporaries Inc., Emilio Greco, March 1961, no. 15.Literature:B. Degenhart, Emilio Greco, Berlin and Mainz, 1960, p. 23 (the terracotta version illustrated).F. Bellonzi, Emilio Greco, Rome, 1962, p. 36, no. 4 (the terracotta version illustrated).