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Lot 146
Filippo Antonio Cifariello (1864-1936)
Corvo!, bronze with dark patina, [c. 1900]
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Filippo Antonio Cifariello (1864-1936)
Corvo!
Bronze with dark patina, signed with monogram at end, with foundry inscription FOND-LAGANA/ NAPOLI' AND inscribed with title to side, 195 x 400 x 150 mm (7 5/8 x 15 ¾ x 5 7/8 in), [circa 1900]
⁂ From the mantelpiece of Barry Humphries' library, placed below Hanns Pellar's conversation piece Libelle, from 1910. The title of the work suggests an identification of the sitter being that of the English writer, artist and eccentric, Frederick William Rolfe, better known as Baron Corvo.
Description
Filippo Antonio Cifariello (1864-1936)
Corvo!
Bronze with dark patina, signed with monogram at end, with foundry inscription FOND-LAGANA/ NAPOLI' AND inscribed with title to side, 195 x 400 x 150 mm (7 5/8 x 15 ¾ x 5 7/8 in), [circa 1900]
⁂ From the mantelpiece of Barry Humphries' library, placed below Hanns Pellar's conversation piece Libelle, from 1910. The title of the work suggests an identification of the sitter being that of the English writer, artist and eccentric, Frederick William Rolfe, better known as Baron Corvo.
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