British & Continental | September 9, 2025
Tue, Sep 9, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 92
Vincenzo Gemito, Il Pescatoriello Marvasi
Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for
$300
Sold Price excludes BP
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(Italian, 1852-1929)
The Marvasi Fisherboy, signed verso "Gemito/ Proprieta Artistica", patinated bronze on circular antiquity-styled bronze base, 9-1/2 x 9-1/4 x 9-1/4 in.
Provenance: A Private British Collection; Martel Maides Auctions, Guernsey, United Kingdom, November 16, 2018, Lot 861; A Private Habersham County, Georgia Collection; Private Collection
Note: Around 1876 Gemito focused on the theme of the pescatore (fisher boy). After executing many drawings, he modelled two sculptures. The first was Il Pescatore Marvarsi of a young nude boy kneeling on a rock and holding a fish in his hands, which was a commission for the prefect of Naples, Diomede Marvarsi.
Literature: Illustrated and described in Vincenzo Gemito: Drawings Sculptures in Naples & Rome, catalogue by Katherina McArthur and Kate Ganz, Kate Ganz USA Ltd, New York, New York, #2, pages 10-11. The catalogue was produced to accompany an exhibition of Gemito’s works in New York from January 22-February 27, 2000. An example of Il Pescatoriello was one of the bronzes exhibited.
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A Private British Collection; Martel Maides Auctions, Guernsey, United Kingdom, November 16, 2018, Lot 861; A Private Habersham County, Georgia Collection; Private Collection
some wear and abrasions, rubbing
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