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Label Text Marini's painting presents his now iconic image of a horse and rider with outstretched arms. The Italian artist was influenced by historical imagery, such as Etruscan and Roman art. Here, the timeless horse andrirder can refer boht to an affirmative life-force as well as the tragedy of war. Source: News, October November December 2012.
DimensionsFrame: 24 1/2 × 20 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (62.2 × 51.4 × 3.8 cm)
Image: 17 × 13 1/4 in. (43.2 × 33.7 cm)
Accession Number 2012.34
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedMarini (l,c graphite)
Cavallo e cavaliere (Horse and Knight)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marino Marini
1945
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marino Marini
1972
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marino Marini
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Adolf Laubscher
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Adolf Laubscher
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Leon Goldin
1958
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Seymour Drumlevitch
1958
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Unknown
late 17th century
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Edward John Stevens
1948
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Irma René Koen
ca. 1921 - 1925