Carrara Statuario Marble Bust Representing A Man Seen In Profile, Guglielmo Pugi (1850-1915).

CARRARA STATUARIO MARBLE BUST REPRESENTING A MAN SEEN IN PROFILE, BASE IN PORTORO MARBLE. MADE BY THE ITALIAN SCULPTOR GUGLIELMO PUGI (1850-1915) AROUND 1900. He was born in Fiesole in 1850. From 1870 to his death, Guglielmo Pugi resided in Florence,[1] where he ran a sculpture studio with the help of his two sons, Gino and Fiorenzo. Their company, "Guglielmo Pugi e Figli", worked mainly for exports, in particular to the United States of America.[2] Subsequently, the two brothers continued the business under the name "Fratelli G. e F. Pugi".[3] Many of his figurines, some of which are copies of his other works, still circulate on the art market today. The work of Guglielmo Pugi, typical of Art Nouveau, is characterized by direct carving on alabaster and Carrara marble (mostly white or veined). He was responsible for the monument to King Umberto I, a bust that once adorned a square in Fiesole, erected on 30 September 1901,[4] as well as various groups and portraits, some of which are preserved in the Historical Museum of Alabaster in Volterra.[5][6] Many of his sculptures were exhibited at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, as well as the 1904 World's Fair in Saint-Louis.[7]