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Silvio Canevari

(Viterbo 1893 - Roma 1932)

Discobolo, 1931

Estimate

€ 2.500 - 3.500

Sold

€ 4.257

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Information

glazed plaster
cm 53 x 25 x 18
Signature engraved on the base: S. Canevari

Between 1929 and 1931, Silvio Canevari made six marble sculptures for the Stadio dei Marmi in Foro Mussolini. His early death in August 1931 made it impossible to complete a further group of sculptures designed for the same location. The project for this group consisted of: two groups of wrestlers, a soccer player, a rower, and a discus thrower. The two preparatory versions in glazed plaster for the discus thrower and the rower are presented and proposed here.
Artwork registered in the Archivio Silvio Canevari, by Marco CanevariPhoto certificate issued by Archivio Silvio Canevari

Exhibition

Rome, III Mostra del Sindacato Fascista Belle Arti del Lazio. Mostra Retrospettiva dello Scultore Silvio Canevari, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1932, p. 17 n. 10;
Rome, II Mostra Nazionale d'Arte ispirata allo Sport, Mercati Traianei, 1940, p. 47 ill. b/w

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