Bronze with brown patina on a wooden base, (unique), 1960. Signed, Chinni, dated, Roma '60, and inscribed, Fonderia NICCI Roma. 762x560x140 mm; 30x22x5½ inches.
Provenance: Private collection; [Doyle, NY, May 22, 2007, lot 1163]; Private collection.
Peter Chinni was introduced to a technique of assembling sculptural forms using sheets of wax while living in Rome. This method, then cast in the lost-wax process, has the look and feel of a welded steel sculpture that was a popular process of many of his peers.
