Bidspirit auction | Antonietta Raphaël Mafai

Antonietta Raphaël Mafai - Antonietta Raphaël Mafai (Kaunas 1895 - Roma 1975) - Simona's head, 1936. brown glazed bronze, numbered 1/8 cm 29 x 15 x 8 (cm 39.5 including the wooden base) On the reverse stamp of the Fonderia Artistica Battaglia & C., Milan The bronze casting of 9 editions was made in 2005 from the aluminum cast, at the Fonderia Artistica Battaglia & C., Milan, which made another cast of only 1 edition in 2013. PROVENANCE Rome, Lella and Fausto Bertinotti collection LITERATURE G. Appella, Antonietta Raphaël, Catalogo generale della scultura , Ed. Allemandi, Turin 2016, p. 53 n. 8a b/w ill. (where are indicated editions from 1/6 to 6/6, in addition to 3 unnumbered editions and a subsequent 1/1 edition)