ERCOLE DREI
(Faenza, 1886 - Rome, 1973)
The Tragedy (1929)
Plaster
Height 44 cm
Base 25x14 cm
Signed on the base "DREI"
Bibliography:
ERCOLE DREI - Modern eternal classical language. Echoes from the Twentieth Century 6 - Studiolo, Milan 2020 edited by G.Cribiori, table 15; Fra le righe, edited by G.Cribiori, 9cento Milano Edizioni, 2023, Table 124, p 199
In 1929, Drei presented, within the framework of the 1st Exhibition of the Lazio Artists' Syndicate, in Rome, a group of four sculptures depicting Comedy, Music, Dance and Tragedy.
This version, lacking the arms (which in the bronzes were cast separately and welded in a later stage), certainly refers to the already known one published by F.Bertoni (Faenza, 1986, fig.62) which appears complete in its final version in patinated plaster of which it is the sketch.
A direct comparison allows us to notice the instinctive and passionate use of clay (and therefore of plaster) which is then translated into a classical key by Drei in the final work.
Significantly beautiful, in our model, the mantle on the back of the work, barely worked.
ERCOLE DREI
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