Drypoint etching on wove paper
France, 1969
Marino Marini (1901-1980) – Italian sculptor and graphic artist
Signed lower right in pencil ‘MARINO’
Numbered lower left in pencil ‘49/65’
Plate five from the portfolio ‘Marino Marini Gravures’
Printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris
Published by Crommelynck Frère, Paris
Catalog raisonné: Guastalla A 99
Framed
Plate dimensions: 33.4 x 29.8 cm
Guter Zustand
Beautiful, very reduced drypoint etching with popular motifs of the artist; prints by Marino Marini fetch up to €41.000 at international auctions

The portfolio ‘Marino Marini Gravures’ from which is also the sheet present here comprises a total of 23 plates and was issued in 1970 in an edition of 65 + XV copies by Cormmelynck Fréres in Paris. Shown is in reduced, line-emphasizing drawing a juggler on a recumbent horse and thus two typical motifs of the artist.

The etching is signed lower right in pencil ‘MARINO’ and numbered lower left in pencil ‘49/65’. The sheet is slightly yellowed and shows a small handling crease in the right edge. In the lower margin it is inscribed by another hand in pencil and at the reverse upper edge it is hinged to a mat. Overall the condition is good. The glass sheet of the frame is lacking, the metal frame itself is in good condition with slight signs of wear. The plate measures 33.4 x 29.8 cm, the sheet 53.3 x 43 cm. The framed dimensions are 56 x 47.5 cm.

Marino Marini (1901-1980)

Marini studied from 1917 onwards at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. In 1928, he travelled to Paris, where he spent consistently the following years. There, he met the artists Giorgio de Chirico, Wassily Kandinsky and Aristide Maillol. Later on he met Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, the two founders of the Avant-garde. A popular topic of the Italian artist is the connection between horses and humans. Marini's most famous sculpture – ‘L'angelo della citta’ - depicts a naked man sitting on the horse, in the patio of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice. (fea)

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