Lot 36: Cavallo e cavaliere24 1/2 x 17 in (62.2 x 43 cm)

Cavallo e cavaliere signed and dated 'Marino 1951' (lower right) gouache, pen and India ink, brush and gray wash on tan paper 24 1/2 x 17 in (62.2 x 43 cm) Painted in 1951

62.2 x 43 cm

The Fondazione Marino Marini has confirmed the authenticity of this work. 'In my own equestrian figures I am no longer seeking to celebrate the triumph of a victorious hero, but rather to commemorate something tragic in them, in fact a kind of twilight of man' (Marino Marini, quoted in S. Hunter, Marino Marini - The Sculpture, New York, 1993, p. 96).