Chris Beetles Gallery

Annigoni, 1971

Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981)

Price

£8,500

Signed

Stamped with the foundry stamp

Medium

Bronze

Catalogue Raisonné No

165

Dimensions

22 ½ x 18 x 11 inches

Literature

Carol Plazzotta and Richard O'Conor, Enzo Plazzotta.
A Catalogue Raisonné, London: Trefoil Books, 1986,
pages 180-181, Catalogue No 165

Exhibited

'Plazzotta', Acquavella Galleries Inc, New York, December 1973-January 1974;
'Plazzotta', Marjorie Parr, London, February 1974;
'Enzo Plazzotta: Exhibition of Bronzes', Italian Institute, London, March-April 1976;
'Enzo Plazzotta', Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, May-August 1976;
'Plazzotta: Open Air Exhibition', Bedford College, London, July-August 1980;
'A Century of British Art: 1945-2010', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October-November 2021, no 262

From an edition of 9

Annigoni
The Italian artists, Pietro Annigoni and Enzo Plazzotta, both found international success by establishing themselves in England after the Second World War. Annigoni's 'London Period' lasted until 1971, the year in which he sat for Plazzotta. The uncannily realistic portrait bust that resulted is a tribute to the strength of their shared devotion to traditional aesthetic values during a period that they would have considered experimental and iconoclastic.

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