MEDARDO  ROSSO  [1858-1928]

       Described by many as the:
   'Father of Modern Sculpture'

          Gavroche - Il Birichino
                          1882/83
                           bronze
                           signed
                     31.2 cm high

                     Provenance: 
    Finarte auctions, Milan, Italy
              8 June 1993, lot 132.

  Medardo Rosso expert Luciano       Caramel [1935-2022] described       this as a 'relatively early cast'.

 Exhibited: 'Chiseled with a Brush - Italian Sculpture 1860 to 1925', 1994-5, Art Institute of Chicago,                     USA, [touring];
cat. no. 23 - pages 96 and 99 [full page illustrations].