(Pistoia 1901–1980 Viareggio)
Giocoliere rosso a cavallo, 1970, oil, gouache, watercolour and collage on thin cardboard, 52 x 39 cm, framed

Provenance:
Galerie Dominion, Montreal (stamps on the reverse)
Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montreal (label on the reverse)
Sotheby’s, London, 17 October 1990, lot 99
European Private Collection Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2001, lot 160
European Private Collection

Literature:
E. Steingräber, L. Papi, Marino Marini pittore, Turin 1987, p. 282, no. 510 with ill.

“Let me live as an artist – let me live as a child”
(Marino Marini)

“In parallel to the female nudes, riders, and portraits, Marini was always fascinated by the world of the circus and theatre. As with many other artists of his time, the spell of the circus, with its jugglers and their harmonious bodies, the masks and the atmosphere of joy mixed with melancholy profoundly affected him. On-stage make-believe, a crude metaphor for life itself, the brilliant colours of the costumes and the backdrops can be found in all their vivacity (…). Marini tackled the theme of show business (…) up until the last years of his life, painting with an increasingly sparkling and vibrant palette merry jugglers who almost seem to be dancing with their horses in rediscovered harmony.”
Maria Teresa Tosi, Marino, tra antico e moderno in „Marino Marini. L‘origine della forma. Sculture e dipinti“ p. 41

Provenance:
Galerie Dominion, Montreal
Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montreal
Sotheby’s, London, 17 October 1990, lot 99
European Private Collection Sotheby’s, London, 6 February 2001, lot 160
European Private Collection

Literature:
E. Steingräber, L. Papi, Marino Marini pittore, Turin 1987, p. 282, no. 510 with ill.

“Let me live as an artist – let me live as a child”
(Marino Marini)

“In parallel to the female nudes, riders, and portraits, Marini was always fascinated by the world of the circus and theatre. As with many other artists of his time, the spell of the circus, with its jugglers and their harmonious bodies, the masks and the atmosphere of joy mixed with melancholy profoundly affected him. On-stage make-believe, a crude metaphor for life itself, the brilliant colours of the costumes and the backdrops can be found in all their vivacity (…). Marini tackled the theme of show business (…) up until the last years of his life, painting with an increasingly sparkling and vibrant palette merry jugglers who almost seem to be dancing with their horses in rediscovered harmony.”
Maria Teresa Tosi, Marino, tra antico e moderno in „Marino Marini. L‘origine della forma. Sculture e dipinti“ p. 41