(Firenze 1886 - 1969)
The Caresse
Measures: cm 24 x 60 x 69
Technique: Bronze sculpture
Signed on the base: “Tofanari S”; inscription: “Fonderia Beneduce e Marinelli”; stamp: “diritti d’autore riservati”
Provenance: Germany, private collection
Note: This specimen is a variant of the sculpture The Caresse exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1909. The specimen presented here is known as a single version, cast by the “Beneduce e Marinelli” Artistic Foundry, of which we have information in the mid-1920s. The sculpture can be dated around 1925.
