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DIOECIOUS URTICA (title page) from LE GEORGICHE

Giacomo ManzùWW-1948-M011926

1948·Etching, printed in black·plate 4 1/16 x 3 11/16" (10.3 x 9.4 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1948
Medium: Etching, printed in black
Dimensions: plate 4 1/16 x 3 11/16" (10.3 x 9.4 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Giacomo Manzù

Artist

Giacomo Manzù

Printmaking

Giacomo Manzù was an Italian sculptor known for cast bronze reliefs and freestanding figures that combined classical figuration with modernist reduction. Working primarily in bronze, his forms distilled the human body to essential gestures and planes, often addressing religious and humanistic themes. His practice emerged in the postwar period and sustained a commitment to narrative clarity and tactile surface without rejecting abstraction entirely.

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