SILVIO CANEVARI
(Viterbo, 1893 – Rome, 1932)
Gorgon (Medusa), 1925
Bronze-patinated alabaster plaster, height 48 cm
Signed at the base “S./Canevari"
Provenance: Canevari Heirs
Exhibitions: II International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Monza, Villa Reale, 1925; XCII Exhibition of the Society of Amateurs and Cultivators of Fine Arts, Rome, 1926; Retrospective Exhibition of the sculptor Silvio Canevari, Third Exhibition of the Fascist Syndicate of Fine Arts of Lazio, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1932.
Bibliography: II International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, exhibition catalog, Monza, 1925; R.Papini in Emporium vol. LXI, no. 366, June 1925; G.Musso in Emporium vol. LXII, no. 369, September 1925; F.Sapori, the II International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Monza, La Nuova Antologia, 1925; XCII Exhibition of the Society of Amateurs and Cultivators of Fine Arts, exhibition catalog, Rome, 1926; Third Exhibition of the Fascist Syndicate of Fine Arts of Lazio, exhibition catalog, Rome, 1932;
Work registered at the Silvio Canevari Archive, Rome
