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Description
‘L’Orchidea’ (‘The Orchid’, symbol of thoughtfulness, refinement, fertility, beauty, charm, and love)
Biography: Ferruccio Vecchi
Bronze, height 41 cm.
Signed 1942 XX (XX anno dell’era fascista, meaning year XX of the Italian Fascist Era*).
* The Era Fascista (‘Fascist Era’) was a calendar era used in Fascist Italy. The March on Rome, or more precisely the accession of Mussolini as prime minister on 29 October 1922, is day 1 of Anno I of the Era Fascista. The calendar was introduced in 1926 and became official in 1927 (Anno V). Each year of the Era Fascista (E.F.) was an Anno Fascista, abbreviated A.F.
Ferruccio Vecchi, ‘L’Orchidea’, bronze. Height 85 cm. Donated by a group of Milan-industrialist to the city of Milan; placed in the foyer of the Lirico Teatro. Depicted in the exhibition catalogue ‘Mostra di Sculptura di Ferruccio Vecchi’, 1941. Displayed at the XXII Biennale di Venezia in 1940.
| – condition | : II |
| – size | : height 41 x 23 x 16 cm |
| – signed | : signed and dated at base : ‘F. Vecchi 1942 XX’ |
| – type | : bronze |
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