Antonio Ligabue, "Animals Fighting" Bronze Sculpture, 1940s

Antonio Ligabue, "Animals Fighting" bronze sculpture, 1940s "Animals Fighting" bronze sculpture by Antonio Ligabue. Stamped with edition number on the base. Certificate of guarantee and authenticity, Antonio Ligabue (Zurich 1899 - Gualtieri 1965), 21.5x37x20.5 cm; ex. 443/1500 Bronze sculpture with a limited edition of 1,500 numbered copies worldwide, numbered consecutively from 1 to 1,500, plus one unnumbered multiple donated to the “Museo Antonio Ligabue” in Gualtieri. There are no artist's proofs or different numbering from that stated. "Clay sculpture modeled by Ligabue, presumably around 1936-1942. It is undoubtedly one of the artist's most important sculptures, both for its expressive intensity and for its formal balance and content. It depicts a fight between a lynx and a wild cat, where rage, ferocity, and aggression are expressed with such realism that we are led to believe that the author identifies with the animal that is usually attacked, thus expressing the anguish that haunted the artist throughout his life."