Alicia PENALBA [Argentine] (1918-1982) Ita I, 1955-1957 Bronze proof with brown patina. Signed and numbered 2/6 on the base. Edition of 6 and 1 artist's proof. Black marble base. Foundry Susse (no founder's mark). Provenance : - Patrick Waldberg Collection, art critic. - Pays de Fayence Enchères sale, Seillans, November 21st 2010, n° 55. Exhibitions of similar models: - Galerie du Dragon, Paris, 1957. - Harald Cousins, Etienne Hajdu, Alicia Penalba. Drei Bildhauer aus Paris, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 1959, catalog no. 6. - Alicia Penalba. Sculpture, Otto Gerson Gallery, New York,1960, catalog no. 3. - Penalba, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, May 1960, catalog no. 6. - Vie Biennale de São Paulo, catalog no. 4. - Penalba, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich, 1961, catalog no. 6. - Alicia Penalba, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1962, catalog no. 3. - 17th retrospective exhibition, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Möller, Otterlo, 1964, catalog no. 11. - Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1964, catalog no. 11. - Alicia Penalba, Galleria Toninelli, Milano, November 1969, reproduced in the catalog. - Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, February 26, 1984 - March 25, 1984, reproduced in catalog. Bibliography : - Cimaise V, n°4, March-April 1958, p.12, for a similar model. - Alicia Penalba, Malba, Buenos Aires, 2016, referenced under no. 10B. - Frédérick Aubourg, Alicia Penalba. Vers l'envol, Paris, Cohen & Cohen, 2021, a similar model reproduced on p. 105. This work is registered with the Penalba Research Center under reference S-10B-2. A certificate from the Penalba Research Center will be given to the purchaser.