Ugo Guidi, Bust of a man (1954)

plaster
Rome, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna

This is a "classical" Guidi and it seems that the sculptor wants to study the ancient roman portraits, but it is not so, there are some details that "betray" his personal and intimate style.
The Bust of a man represents an apuan man tired after a hard work. Anyway his expression is solemn and no emotion is visible, but his face is bony, his forehead is wide, the nose is big and is not proportioned to the other particulars of the face. The details that make the Bust of a man an original creation are the rough-hewed hair (as those of the Adolescent) and the ears, not well definite.

A project by
Federico Giannini

Museo Ugo Guidi
(Forte dei Marmi)

Associazione Amici
del Museo Ugo Guidi
Onlus


Humanities
Computing

University of Pisa