Francesco Messina | 1900 - 1995 PORTRAIT OF PAOLA... Lot 20

Francesco Messina | 1900 - 1995 PORTRAIT OF PAOLA CORREGGIARI, 1967-68 Bronze sculpture, 50x41x24 cm. Signed at the base of the left arm: Messina Provenance Cesano Boscone, Arch. Ambrogio Sacchi Collection. Bibliography N. Loi (ed.), Francesco Messina. Exhibition celebrating his 90th birthday, Umberto Allemandi & C., Turin 1991, no. LX (ill. the polychrome terracotta specimen); P. Toubert, N. Loi, L. Zichichi (eds.), Francesco Messina: 100 years sculptures and drawings 1924 - 1993, Milan 2000, pl. 79 (ill. other specimen); M.T. Orengo and F. Ragazzi (eds.), Francesco Messina: sculptures, drawings and poems 1916-1993, Mazzotta, Milan 2002, no. 156, p. 230 (ill. other specimen), p. 364 (cit.). Few unnumbered specimens of the work presented are known to have been executed with different finishes and patinas, as reported by the Francesco Messina Foundation, which we thank here for assistance in cataloguing the work. Work archived at the Francesco Messina Foundation, Milan.