Art Deco white marble sculpture after PUGI. It depicts a nude woman seated in a sensual manner. Her short, curly hair, in the style of the Roaring Twenties, is topped with a headband featuring a crescent moon. This may be a representation of the goddess Diana, whose attribute it is. The figure is set in brown-veined black Portor marble, with Pugi engraved on the base.
Guglielmo Pugi (Fiesole, 1850-1915) Italian sculptor who lived in Florence from 1870 to 1915. He designed the Monument to King Humbert I in the main square of his native Fiesole. Several of his sculptures are on display in the Historical Alabaster Museum in Volterra, Italy.
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Base dimensions: 55 cm x 19.5 cm
Art Deco period, Circa: 1920
Dim: W: 55cm, D: 19.5cm, H: 33cm.
Dim: W: 21,7in, D: 7,7in, H: 13in.
Condition report: In good condition.
- Reference :
- 3242
- Width :
- 55 (cm)
- Height :
- 33 (cm)
- Depth :
- 20 (cm)
- Identifier Exists:
- False
