Marino Marini * (Pistoia 1901-1980 Viareggio) Lot n° 26

(Pistoia 1901–1980 Viareggio) Cavallo e cavaliere di tre quarti, 1951, signed and dated; signed again with initials on the reverse, ink and tempera on paper, 46 x 34.5 cm, framed This work is registered in the Archivio Fondazione Marino Marini, Pistoia and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity Provenance: Private Collection, Switzerland - gift from the artist European Private Collection (inherited from the above) “There is an intimate relationship between my pictorial (2-dimensional) and my sculptural work. I would never begin on a sculpture without first gaining an idea of the colour... My mind is captivated by this task until I start to put down the colour on paper and imagine that this colour will become a drawing. And then, suddenly, the drawing begins to acquire shape, the shape, and this shape becomes the real shape.” As quoted in the exhibition text of 'Marino Marini, Painter, Draughtsman, Sculptor', Museum de Fundatie, 2013–2014