The Tambourine Resale-NonProfit
Vero Beach, FL
Details
- Dimensions
- 4ʺW × 4ʺD × 15ʺH
- Styles
- Italian
- Period
- 1940s
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Carrara Marble
- Marble
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good. Consistent with use. Good. Consistent with use. less
- Description
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3 marble desk obelisks in the style of Grand Tour Souvenirs. Tapered square sections set on a square plinth. White …
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3 marble desk obelisks in the style of Grand Tour Souvenirs. Tapered square sections set on a square plinth. White Carrara base. Made in Italy. All 3 signed by Berti. Antonio Berti (24 August 1904 – 1990) was an Italian sculptor and medalist. He taught at the Accademia di San Luca and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Berti taught at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, where he mentored other sculptors. Among his students were American sculptor Frank Varga.
Berti was born into a family of farmers and shepherds in San Piero a Sieve, Italy. He showed an interest in art at an early age and at age seventeen he found work at Richard-Ginori where he could devote himself to the design of porcelain products. The writer Ugo Ojetti, had the opportunity to see some of Berti's works in clay, and advised his father Angiolo to enroll him at the Santa Croce Institute of Art in Florence. From this began Berti's artistic career, and his first participation in the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadriennale. less
The Tambourine Resale-NonProfit
Vero Beach, FL
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