Lot 842: Attillio Piccirilli (Italian/ American

Attillio Piccirilli (Italian/ American, 1866-1945)

fragelina

White marble, depicting a nude young woman kneeling, one arm raised over her head, her other hand at her chin, on a rectangular cushion base.

NOTE: The Italy born sculptor studied at the Accademia di San Luca of Rome, eventually emigrating to New York with his family in 1888. His father Guiseppe and five brothers were all marble cutters and sculptors and worked from the Piccirilli studio in the Bronx. Notable commissions were for the Maine Memorial in Columbus Circle, the Frick mansion, and the northern pediment on the Wisconsin State Capitol.

H: 50 in.



PROVENANCE:

The artist
Piccirilli Studio sale, New York, 1947
Collection Eugene Leone, New York

Exhibited:
National Academy of Design, New York, Centennial Exhibition, 1925, no. 145
National Academy of Design, New York, Centennial Exhibition, 1926, no. 312
National Academy of Design, New York, Centennial Exhibition, 1939, no. 17
Literature: Josef Vincent Lombardo, 'Attillio Piccirilli: Life of an American Sculptor', pp. 153-54 (plate 39, illus., Collection of the Sculptor).