These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
This Italian stone torso, dating to approximately the 1940s, presents the female figure in a state of deliberate formal reduction — abstracted, fragmentary, and shaped as much by time as by the hand that carved it.
The surface carries a deep natural patina accumulated over decades — mineral deposits, erosion, and tonal variations that give the stone a geological character distinct from any newly carved equivalent. The raw texture is not the result of incompletion but of a sculptural approach that values the weight and presence of material over finish. What remains is the essential structure of the form — volume, mass, the suggestion of the body — stripped of everything that time or intention found unnecessary.
At 45.5 cm in height and 33 cm in depth, the torso has a substantial physical presence that asserts itself through material density and formal authority rather than through scale. A piece that belongs equally to the tradition of figurative sculpture and to the more open territory of stone as collected object.
Origin: Italy Period: c. 1940s — estimated age approximately 80 years Material: Solid stone — natural patina Measurements: H approx. 45.5 cm · D approx. 33 cm Condition: Consistent with age — natural erosion and patina intact
This Italian stone torso, dating to approximately the 1940s, presents the female figure in a state of deliberate formal reduction — abstracted, fragmentary, and shaped as much by time as by the hand that carved it.
The surface carries a deep natural patina accumulated over decades — mineral deposits, erosion, and tonal variations that give the stone a geological character distinct from any newly carved equivalent. The raw texture is not the result of incompletion but of a sculptural approach that values the weight and presence of material over finish. What remains is the essential structure of the form — volume, mass, the suggestion of the body — stripped of everything that time or intention found unnecessary.
At 45.5 cm in height and 33 cm in depth, the torso has a substantial physical presence that asserts itself through material density and formal authority rather than through scale. A piece that belongs equally to the tradition of figurative sculpture and to the more open territory of stone as collected object.
Origin: Italy Period: c. 1940s — estimated age approximately 80 years Material: Solid stone — natural patina Measurements: H approx. 45.5 cm · D approx. 33 cm Condition: Consistent with age — natural erosion and patina intact
These are antique pieces and are sold as such. Although VV does its best to highlight major flaws, minor imperfections should be expected reflecting the age and previous use of the piece.
