Title: Art Deco Nude Sculpture By Artist Amleto Cataldi
Shipping: $69.00
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Period: 20th Century
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Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 1920 to 1930
Item ID: 3563
Amleto Cataldi (Italian, 1882-1930) Nude. Cast bronze with brown patina, signed and dated in the base, 1912, approx. 21-1/2"H. Cataldi concentrated on figural work large and small, including public sculpture and personal scale. This piece a fine example of his work, representing glorification of the unabashed female ideal so richly popular in Art Deco and Art Nouveau, executed with subtlety and sensuality. Condition: Very nice. A few minor bruises to the patina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze
Bronze is widely used for cast metal sculpture . Common bronze alloys often have the unusual and very desirable property of expanding slightly just before they set, thus filling in the finest details of a mould. Bronze has resistance to corrosion by sea water along with several bronze alloys. Bronze also has very little metal-on-metal friction, which made it invaluable.
