About the Artwork
Minerva Maiullo
1929
Alceo Dossena
1878-1937
Italian
Unknown
Marble
Overall: 18 × 21 3/4 × 10 inches (45.7 × 55.2 × 25.4 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Minerva and Anthony Maiullo
F77.51
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Markings
Signed, on base, to left: ROMA - ALCEO DOSSENA
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Provenance
1929, commissioned by Minerva and Anthony Maiullo (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
until 1977, Maiullo family home (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1977-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Golden, H. Jr. "Detroiters sure "Faker" was Great Art Master," Detroit Free Press (18 June 1961): p. B3.
Maiullo, M. A Tapestry of Memories. South Brunswick & New York, 1971, pp. 256-257 no.1.
Matthews, H. Three Sculptures by Alceo Dossena. Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, no. 1 (ill.).
Ferrazza, R. Palazzo Davanzati e le collezioni di Elia Volpi. Florence, 1994, p. 246.
Darr, A. P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.]. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 186.
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Alceo Dossena, Minerva Maiullo, 1929, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Minerva and Anthony Maiullo, F77.51.
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