Sculpture "Little Rider" (1947), reduction in bronze New
Sculpture "Little Rider" (1947), reduction in bronze New
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 150 copies | numbered | signature | foundry hallmark | certificate | bronze | chased | polished | patinated | reduction | size 33.5 x 23.5 x 11.5 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 3.8 kg
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Sculpture "Little Rider" (1947), reduction in bronze
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Marino Marinis "Kleiner Reiter": ars mundi Exklusiv-Edition, herausgegeben in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kunsthalle Bremen.
Der Reiter auf dem Pferd - die Kunstgeschichte kennt das Motiv seit der Antike, und üblicherweise repräsentiert es den Mächtigen, den Kaiser und König, die Macht überhaupt. Die Moderne allerdings fängt an, es umzudeuten, es zur Unkenntlichkeit zu entstellen.
Unsere exklusive, auf nur 150 Exemplare weltweit limitierte Edition bietet Ihnen das Werk eines Künstlers, der mit Giacometti und Moore zu den bedeutendsten Bildhauern des vergangenen Jahrhunderts zählt. Seine Reiterstatur ist allerdings alles andere als Ausdruck von Macht.
Das Thema "Pferd und Reiter" faszinierte Marino Marini über Jahrzehnte. Die frühesten Arbeiten zeigen sie als harmonische, fein ausgearbeitete Einheit. Die Erfahrungen des Krieges aber verändern sein Hauptsujet. So wird sein Motiv zur Zeitdiagnose - und nicht zuletzt zum bronzenen Aufruf, sich gegen das drohende Unheil zu stemmen.
Original: Bronze, 41 x 28,5 x 13,5 cm, Inv.-Nr. 410- 1961/1, Kunsthalle Bremen - Der Kunstverein in Bremen.
Skulptur in feiner Bronze, gegossen im Wachsausschmelzverfahren, von Hand ziseliert, poliert und patiniert. Limitierte Auflage 150 Exemplare, einzeln nummeriert und mit der vom Original übernommenen Signatur "M.M." sowie der Gießerei- und ars mundi-Punze versehen. Mit nummeriertem Authentizitäts- und Limitierungszertifikat. Format mit Sockel 33,5 x 23,5 x 11,5 cm (H/B/T). Gewicht ca. 3,8 kg. ars mundi Exklusiv- Edition. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021.
"Marino Marinis Skulptur von 1947 vermittelt keinen Ausdruck von Kontrolle oder starker Führung. Die Zügel sind locker und die Blicke von Pferd und Reiter gehen in unterschiedliche Richtungen. Marini reflektiert mit dieser Figur die Geschehnisse seiner Zeit. Für mich ist der kleine Reiter somit auch eine Erinnerung daran, dass es wichtig ist wachsam zu bleiben und das aktuelle Zeitgeschehen aufmerksam zu beobachten. Man braucht eine klare Haltung, weil alles andere in eine orientierungslose Kraftlosigkeit führt." (Prof. Dr. Christoph Grunenberg, Direktor der Kunsthalle Bremen)
About Marino Marini
1901-1980
The subject "horse and rider" appears repeatedly in the oeuvre of Marino Marini, who was one of the most important sculptors of Classical Modernism. The artist justified his choice of motifs by the fact that his studio in Monza, where he lived in the 1930s, was located next to a horse stable.
Whereas the studies he made in the 1930s were realistic and anatomical drawings, his sculptures and colour-intensive lithographs produced in the 1960s/70s were subject to his ever-increasing pessimism. "My equestrian statues express the torment caused by the events of this century. The restlessness of my horse grows with each new work, the rider appears increasingly worn out, he has lost his dominance over the beast and the catastrophes to which he succumbs are similar to those which destroyed Sodom and Pompeii." This also explains why the Italian artist's formal style is characterised by a tension between abstraction and figuration.
He began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence at the age of 16. When he was 28 years old, he succeeded as a professor of sculpture at the Scuola d’Arte di Villa Reale in Monza. In 1932, his great success began with his participation in the Venice Biennale. At the end of the 1940s, he achieved his international breakthrough with his famous equestrian figures.
His best-known work is probably a figure riding a horse on the terrace of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni directly along the Grand Canal in Venice. A famous story is how the former owner, Peggy Guggenheim, asked the artist to put mounting equipment on the riding figure so that it could be removed on holidays when the nuns of St. Maria della Salute passed by the palazzo in their boat.
He received many awards for his work, including the prize at the 1936 Rome Quadrennial and the Grand Prize for Sculpture at the 1952 Venice Biennale. His extensive graphic work is also represented in the world's major museums. The Marino Marini Museum, opened in Milan in 1973, pays tribute to his great life's work.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of his sculpture. It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out. The liquid wax is poured into the negative mould. After cooling down, the wax cast is removed from the mould, provided with sprues and dipped into ceramic mass. The ceramic mass is hardened in a kiln, whereby the wax flows out (lost mould).
Now we finally have the negative form, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken off and the sculpture is revealed.
Now the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, to his specifications, by a specialist. Thus, each casting becomes an original work.
For lower-quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used which, however, does not achieve the results of a more complex lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
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Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
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