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Eight Italian White-Glazed Maiolica Figural Groups, by Andrea Spadini
Collection: The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Mid-20th Century
Representing the great rivers of the world, including the Ganges, Mississippi, Nile, Congo, and Tiber River; each figure depicted reclining in a naturalistic pose, emblematic of the traditional iconography of river gods and personifications, modelled with muscular torsos and classical drapery, accompanied by attributes such as reeds, cornucopiae, and animals symbolizing the respective rivers; six groups on oval plinths and with incised signature: Spadini, and two groups on rectangular plinth with signature Spadini in black.
Height (largest) 10 inches (25.5 cm), width 16 inches (40.5 cm).
$6,000 - $9,000
Collection: The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Mid-20th Century
Representing the great rivers of the world, including the Ganges, Mississippi, Nile, Congo, and Tiber River; each figure depicted reclining in a naturalistic pose, emblematic of the traditional iconography of river gods and personifications, modelled with muscular torsos and classical drapery, accompanied by attributes such as reeds, cornucopiae, and animals symbolizing the respective rivers; six groups on oval plinths and with incised signature: Spadini, and two groups on rectangular plinth with signature Spadini in black.
Height (largest) 10 inches (25.5 cm), width 16 inches (40.5 cm).
Notes:
Roman Sculptor Andrea Spadini (Rome 1912-1983) made ceramics, sculpture, terracotta, etc., his work is notable for being imaginative, with playful baroque touches. He was the son of renowned painter Armando Spadini. Bernini's influence was very important in his work. In 1959, he created also four silver representations of these rivers. In the 1950s, a collaboration began between the sculptor and Tiffany. After the war he was also represented by gallerists Irene Brin and Gaspero del Corso, who marketed his works to American collectors and institutions. It was through this collaboration that he was commissioned to work on the Delacorte Clock in Central Park in 1965.
The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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