(Lingualossa/Catania 1915–1995 Milan)
San Sebastiano, 1928 ca., signed F. Messina on the base, bronze, 65 x 18 x 18 cm (without marble base), 75 x 19.5 x 20 cm (with marble base), (AR)

Photo certificate:
Fondazione Francesco Messina, Milan

Provenance:
Huber Collection Rome (written on the label on the reverse)
European Private Collection

Exhibition:
Linz, Mostra d’Arte Italiana Contemporanea Linz, exhibition promoted by Ministero della cultura popolare e dell’educazione nazionale, Governo del Reich, in collaboration with Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, October - November 1942 (label on the marble base)

Literature:
‘Francesco Messina. Sculture, disegni e poesie 1916-1993’, Mazzotta ed.2003, no. 26 with ill. (another example illustrated)
Francesco Messina, Arte Gribaudo, 2001, p. 23, with black and white ill., (with another example illustrated)

Three examples of San Sebastiano are known to the Fondazione Francesco Messina. The present work is the first one realized by the artist.

Photo certificate:
Fondazione Francesco Messina, Milan

Provenance:
Huber Collection Rome (written on the label on the reverse)
European Private Collection

Exhibition:
Linz, Mostra d’Arte Italiana Contemporanea Linz, exhibition promoted by Ministero della cultura popolare e dell’educazione nazionale, Governo del Reich, in collaboration with Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, October - November 1942 (label on the marble base)

Literature:
‘Francesco Messina. Sculture, disegni e poesie 1916-1993’, Mazzotta ed.2003, no. 26 with ill. (another example illustrated)

Three examples of San Sebastiano are known to the Fondazione Francesco Messina. The present work is the first one realized by the artist.