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Lot 51: ODOARDO TABACCHI

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 25, 2009

Item Overview

Description

LA TUFFOLINA (THE DIVING GIRL)

Dimensions

marble: 98cm., 38½in. column: 109cm., 42 7/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Medium

white marble, on a serpentine column

Notes



This novel statue of a young woman about to dive into the water is Odoardo Tabacchi's most famous model. The genre subject is daringly modern as the woman wears a short, one piece swimming costume. There are no allegorical or pastoral allusions in this delightful slice of contemporary life, it is simply a spontaneous moment as the girl purposefully holds her hands together above her head and leans forward to take the plunge.

RELATED LITERATURE
A. Panzetta, Dizionario degli scultori italiani dell'ottocento e del primo novecento, Torino, 1994, vol. II, p. 185, no. 769

Auction Details

19th & 20th Century European Sculpture

by
Sotheby's
November 25, 2009, 10:30 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK