The Furies of Orestes

This sculpture partly reflects Andreotti’s interest for the recovery of Tuscan flair and fifteenth-century art: the slender and lithe look, recalls the figures of Donatello. It is dated circa 1928 and realized during pauses from his ‘epic’ activity on the Monuments to the Fallen, as evidence of a return to features and nuances of renewed Bourdelle memory (R. Monti, 1976) with an interest to a recovery of classicism (F. Previti, 1981) and also to a theatrical drama of mystic taste (as Marsia’s gestures in the Greek sculpture) as in his work on a statue of Diana for a theatrical scene by Luigi Pirandello for his tragedy Diana and Tuda. In a letter to Andreotti of September 19, 1927 Pirandello wrote: “Your ample and tormented line adheres so well to the spirit of the work that I wonder how your exquisite interpretation has been possible”

Floor:
Room: Mature Works
Year: 1927-28
Author: Libero Andreotti