Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Pietrina Checcacci
Planeta Agua

1990

About the Item

Pietrina Checcacci was born in Taranto, Italy. Currently, she lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Checcacci studied at the National School of Fine Arts from 1958 to 1964 and has won numerous awards. Two larger versions of her bronze legs were sold at Christie's, South Kensington. First lot was sold 3 September 2014, lot 153 for £23,750. Second lot was smaller than the first and it was sold 28 January 2019, lot 282 for £20,000. This piece is a quintessential example of Italian artist Pietrina Checcacci's bronze sculptures in the shape of body parts. Signed at underside.
More From This SellerView All
  • The Marvelous Fishery
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Monster Shell
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Objects nº2
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Henry Fonda
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • David
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Basquiat N.15
    Located in New Rochelle, NY
    Daniel Tavares considers his oil paintings part drawing and part painting. His artwork is a visual synthesis of his life experiences reflecting the influence of comic books - which ...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary More Art

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

You May Also Like
  • «My brother gave them a name» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
    By Samantha Van Heest
    Located in Oslo, NO
    This painting was inspired by the artists very first toy, a small blue giraffe, given to her as a day-old baby. It is something that has been around her whole life, and even though it is inanimate, there is a feeling of personification through the years of wear. Her brother as a baby would call giraffes “fa,” which is always a sweet memory she associate with this toy. Samantha Van Heest...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • «Sh*t Happens» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
    By Samantha Van Heest
    Located in Oslo, NO
    Shit happens sometimes. In this piece, the artist wanted to create an unsettling and claustrophobic space where people feel most private and vulnerable. Inspired by artist Tala Madani, she created a cartoon figure to act as the voyeur, a bright and unwelcome disturbance that cannot be ignored. Samantha Van Heest...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • «Imported Goods» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
    By Samantha Van Heest
    Located in Oslo, NO
    Imported Goods is an exploration of environment, especially focusing on the wellness of the ocean and the consequences of human plastic consumption. There is beauty in appreciation and replication, but it becomes a tragedy when it fully devours natural creation. Samantha Van Heest...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • «Ellipses» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
    By Samantha Van Heest
    Located in Oslo, NO
    Ellipses plays with the nature of awkward interaction and subtle facial expressions. Is it all internal, or can awkwardness feel like a palpable and personified presence? Samantha Van Heest...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Rêve surréaliste (Surrealist dream)
    Located in PARIS, FR
    Oil painting by artist Shuo Liu. It shows a surreal dream world. In this work, there is a room with green walls. Through the window and the "floor", we c...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas

  • Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Portrait
    By Andrea Vandoni
    Located in Paris, IDF
    Oil on canvas Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Schoo...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All