Cavalli (Horses)
1950
Marino Marini's 'Cavalli' (Horses) from 1950 combines tempera and oil on paper laid down on canvas, creating dynamic equine forms. The work showcases the artist's expressive approach to animal subject matter.
- Medium
- tempera and oil on paper laid down on canvas
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
March 19, 2021
Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000
Lot 333
Artists in conversation
Marino Marini
Italian · b. 1901
As the creator of this specific work, Marini devoted much of his career to expressive equine subjects rendered in mixed media, making his broader body of work the most direct parallel to this piece.
Franz Marc
German · b. 1880
Marc shared a deep focus on horses as expressive figurative subjects, rendering them with bold emotional intensity and gestural energy that closely parallels the dynamic animal forms seen in this tempera and oil work.
Théodore Géricault
French · b. 1791
Géricault brought powerful expressiveness and movement to equine subjects in his figurative works, capturing horses with the same sense of raw physicality and dynamic form evident in this 1950 piece by Marini.
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