Elegant Art Deco bronze sculpture of a ballerina by Enrico Manfredo Di Palma-Falco, Italy 1886-1988
Cast at the Robecchi Foundry, who was the founder of Picasso and Troubetskoy.
The dancer is executed in the lost wax technique, marked Cire Perdue.
France ca. 1930.
Di Palma-Falco , Robecchi Foundry mark. Founder of Picasso and Troubetskoy. Cire Perdue.
Style
Art Deco
Date
1930
Matériau
Bronze, patinated.
Origine
Italy, France
Taille (cm)
H. 35 cm x L. 18.5 cm. x W. 17 cm.
Taille (pouces)
H. 13.8 inch x L. 7.1 inch. x W. 6.7 inch.
Condition
Very good.
Literature
Enrico Manfredo Di Palma-Falco 1886-1988
Artist born in Alfedena Italy, studied in Paris under Mercié and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1920- 1939. He specialized in animal sculpture. Human figures like this ballerina are very hard to find.
Information on the artist:
“Animals in bronze” by Christopher Payne. Antique collectors club. “The dictionary of sculptors in bronze” by James Mackay. Antique collectors club.“Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’antiquité à nos jours “ by Jean Charles Hachet. Argus Valentines. “Dictionnaire Biographique des artistes contemporains” Edouard Joseph, 1931 “Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs” by E. Benezit. Gründ.
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