Mimmo Paladino Hon RA, Italian b.1948 - Maesta, 1998; terracotta and metal, signed and dated on the reverse 'M Paladino 1998', with studio stamp 'in Bottegagatti Frenza', 41.5 x 31.2 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris Salzburg (according to the label on the reverse) Note: since 1985, Palladino has worked in bronze. He is part of a group of European artists who revived Expressionist imagery in the 1980s. The weathered surfaces reference ancient art. He has participated in the Sydney Biennale, documenta 7, Kassel, Venice Biennale, Italian pavilion, and his first retrospective was held at the Lenbachaus in Munich.