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Collecting modern Italian sculpture in Britain: Charles Meek and Medardo Rosso
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1154-1157
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Author:
Hecker, Sharon (Hecker, Sharon)
Subjects
artists:
Rosso, Medardo / Soffici, Ardengo
collectors and dealers:
Meek, Charles (1883–1961)
subjects:
Italian art / Italian sculpture / Collectors / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Bookplate for Charles Meek, by Jean Emile Laboureur. 1923. Etching and engraving, 8 by 6.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
3. The Emperor Vitellius, by Medardo Rosso. c.1895. Gilded bronze, height 34 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Sick man in the hospital, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1889, this cast pre-1924. Bronze with white investment on surface, 19.4 by 21 by 29.5 cm. (Gilgore Collection, Naples FL).
Attributed works:
5. Jewish boy, by Medardo Rosso. Original 1892–94, this cast pre-1923. Wax cast with plaster support, height 23.1 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Peter Freeman, Inc., New York; photograph Jerry Thompson).
Western art unattributed:
1. Medardo Rosso in his Paris studio. 1890. Photograph. (Private collection).