Incised with the artist's stamped signature and dated 63 on the base, from the unnumbered edition of 2.
Bronze with brown patina.
height: 33 9/16 in. (85.2cm)
width: 22 1/4 in. (56.5cm)
base: 6 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (16.5 x 33.7cm)

Provenance: The Collection of Perry & June Ottenberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
EXHIBITED:
"Consagra (Exhibition 112)," Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, June 1965, exhibition no. 12 (another example exhibited).
"12 Italienische bildhauer," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 19 - November 7, 1965 (a traveling exhibition).
"I Bronzi di Consagra," Galleria Il Millennio, Rome, Italy, May 26 - June 30, 1989 (p. 19 in the exhibition catalogue).

NOTE:
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Archivio Consagra and will be included in their forthcoming catalogue raisonne.

According to the Archivio, the present lot is the second sculpture created by the artist from this edition of two. Rather than using moulds to cast his sculpture, Consagra constructed his creations by hand. Therefore, the two pieces in this edition differ from one another slightly. The present example, executed in 1963, includes details within the arrangement of the welded bronze bars at top left that differ somewhat from those in the first edition, which was created in 1962.