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Sculptor:
Marini, Marino 1901-1980  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1001 Bissonnet Street Houston Texas 77005 Accession Number: 88.111
Date:
1939
Notes:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "A Permanent Legacy: 150 Works from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989.
Summary:
A young, nude boy sits on top of a horse. "Conceived as a freestanding relief, the statue is imbued with a classicizing stasis reflecting Marini's love of Etruscan art as well as of such Roman examples as the monumental equestrian bronze of the emperor Marcus Aurelius..."
Topic:
Figure male--Nude  Search this
Animal--Horse  Search this
Control number:
IAS 51430001
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_298106