LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Measurements:

17.25 in. (43.81 cm.) (height)

Edition:

1 of 6

Markings:

Inscribed on crown: A. Cañero / 82 / 1/6 / (various)

Condition:

Flake to front right underside corner of marble base, dark patination is consistent with age, otherwise in apparently good condition.

Provenance:

Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, October 1982 A bronze sculpture of Leonardo da Vinci as a patinated, larger than life-sized head with stylistic inclusions illustrating the Master's work including a wing of his flying machine and a three dimensional image of roller bearings, another Da Vinci invention. The back of the head being hinged, swings open to reveal a representation of the sitting for the painting of the Mona Lisa. The subject seated on a coffer which opens to reveal a drawer. The opposing side bears a profile of a more youthful da Vinci. The whole resting on a black marble base.