Head of Woman

Head of Woman is an original bronze sculpture realized by Emilio Greco in the 1950s.

Rare unique piece signed by the artist. Very good conditions.

The sculpture is a masterpiece portrait of a woman's head by one of the most influential Italian artists of the 20th century. 

Emilio Greco (1913 – 1995) was an Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet. He is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world in Museums - Tate Modern (London), Hermitage (Saint Petersburg), Puskin Museum (Moscow), GNAM (Rome), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), Hakone Open-Air Museum (Japan), Museu Coleção Berardo (Lisbon), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Bruxelles), Kröller-Müller-Museum (Otterlo), Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY), Hawke's Bay Museum (New Zealand), Museo Novecento (Florence) - and public works of art in London, Rome, Tokyo, Osaka, Orvieto, Sendai, Tarquinia, Vatican, Antwerp and Marl/Germany.

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Head of Woman is an original bronze sculpture realized by Emilio Greco in the 1950s.

Rare unique piece signed by the artist. Very good conditions.

The sculpture is a masterpiece portrait of a woman's head by one of the most influential Italian artists of the 20th century. 

Emilio Greco (1913 – 1995) was an Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet. He is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world in Museums - Tate Modern (London), Hermitage (Saint Petersburg), Puskin Museum (Moscow), GNAM (Rome), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), Hakone Open-Air Museum (Japan), Museu Coleção Berardo (Lisbon), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Bruxelles), Kröller-Müller-Museum (Otterlo), Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY), Hawke's Bay Museum (New Zealand), Museo Novecento (Florence) - and public works of art in London, Rome, Tokyo, Osaka, Orvieto, Sendai, Tarquinia, Vatican, Antwerp and Marl/Germany.

Emilio Greco was born in Catania. In his early twenties he moved to Rome where he was drafted in the army and served in Albania. At the end of World War II, he had a studio in Villa Massimo in 1947. In 1958, he had a solo show at the Palazzo Barberini, and in 1959 a solo show at the Stadtische Galerie, Munich. His most important exhibitions: in 1961 the Musée Rodin in Paris, and a one-man show at the Shirokjia Foundation in Tokyo; 1962 Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris; 1963 Fondaçao Calouste Goubelkian, Lisbon, and Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; 1965 "XXIV Biennale Nazionale d'Arte" Milan; 1966 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne and National Gallery of South Australia; 1970 Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara; 1971 a one-man show at the "Italienische Kulterinstitut" in Vienna, repeated at the Musée Rodin in Paris; 1972 Gendai Chokokusenta in Osaka, then to the Modern Art Museums of Kobe, to Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Kyoto and Mitsukoshi. In 1991 the Museo Emilio Greco was inaugurated in Orvieto at the Palazzo Soliano. It contains his principal works. Since July 1992 the Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo of L'Aquila has a room dedicated to Greco. In 2013 the Estorick Collection in London, Palazzo Braschi Museum in Rome and Fondazione Carichieti in Chieti, at Palazzo de’ Mayo, organised a solo exhibition to mark the centenary of Emilio Greco's birth. He died in Rome, Italy.

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SKU
M-101083
Artist
Emilio Greco
Typology
Sculptures
Technique
Bronze
Period
1950s
Signature
Hand Signed
Conditions
Good (minor cosmetic wear)
Dimensions (cm)
48 x 17 x 27
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