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Fausta Mengarini, Medusa, Art Deco Bronze Bas-Relief Medallion, circa 1926

Name: Fausta Mengarini, Medusa, Art Deco Bronze Bas-Relief Medallion, circa 1926
Brand: Fausta Vittoria Mengarini
Rating: 5 (10 reviews)

Price:$90,552.45

$120,000List Price

About the Item

We proudly present this very rare and outstandingly beautiful Novecento Italiano multi-color patinated bronze bas-relief medallion of Medusa, created by the world-famous Italian sculptor Fausta Vittoria Mengarini. This impressive monumental sculptural work of art had embellished one of the Art Deco buildings in Rome that had been demolished since. The stunning medallion-bas-relief “Medusa”, being one of the most significant works of an outstanding sculptor, was featured on the cover of a monographic book “Fausta Vittoria Mengarini” by Arturo Calza, published by Ex Libris Silvana Dandini, a Roman publishing house in 1928. The book itself has become a bibliographical rarity. Fausta Vittoria MENGARINI (Italian, 1893-1952) was born in Rome in 1893. She was the daughter of Senator Guglielmo Mengarini, an eminent scientist in the fields of electricity, physics and astronomy, and grew up in the milieu of great artists, authors and scholars of the time. She began her artistic studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome and continued them under the painter Edoardo Gioia. Early in her career, Mengarini was chosen by the Italian government to design, in collaboration with the architect Corte, the lighthouse at the entrance to the port of Massaua, to commemorate the Italian conquest of Eritrea and symbolize the power and prestige of Rome. Arturo Calza writes in his 1928 monograph that "Mengarini does her best work in portraiture. She seems to have in her blood the qualities of those old Roman sculptors who gave to the world, during the first centuries of the Empire, the great art of portraiture which not even the grand Hellenic sculpture had been able to produce... The sculptress has devoted her best efforts to portraiture... we recall the busts of Senator Conti, and Commendator Allievi, which have all the noble dignity that the great sculptors of the Roman Empire gave to their busts; the bust of Marchese Antonio Spinola, Private Chamberlain to His Holiness the Pope, which in its aristocratic Spanish serenity is yet full of the exuberance of life. Nor must we forget the busts of Deputies Miliani and Locatelli the aviator, of Professor Carini; the portrait of Engineer Semenza, a miracle of strict and expressive truth, the delicate head of the artist's son Ariele, so freshly youthful and so reminiscent of Donatello in the dainty care that informs its every line... Three of the latest works of Fausta Mengarini, however, seem really to touch the summit of achievement: the busts of Giacomo Boni, Armando Diaz, and Benito Mussolini" (Arturo Calza, Fausta Vittoria Mengarini, Rome, 1928, pp. 10-11). Museums/Public Collections: League of Nations Library, Geneva, Switzerland National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Mengarini's works can also be seen at: War Mem. with figures, Palace of Justice, Royal Italian Govt., Rome; Congregational Church, Montclair, NJ; Monumental Lighthouse, Massaua, Eritrea, Africa (Royal Italian Gov't.); busts, H.M. King, Mussolini at Eastman Dental Clinic, Rome; Univ. Rome. Dimensions: Diameter of medallion: 24.5 inches Total width (wingspan): 26 inches Thickness: 6 inches

Creator:
Fausta Vittoria Mengarini (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Diameter: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Patinated
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
1920s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. We make our best effort to provide a fair and descriptive condition report. Please examine the photos attentively. Send us a message to request more details or discuss price.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2819315718381

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