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silver-plated bronze and verdigris patinated bronze chess set by Italian artist Francesco Russo

Description

Chess set in silvered bronze and verdigris patinated bronze by the Italian artist Francesco Russo. Several pieces signed in the mass C.Russo.

Francesco Russo was born in Sicily in 1946.

Painter and sculptor

In the 1960s he was assistant at the Accademia di Brera in Milan to two great figures of Italian contemporary art, Francesco Messina and Marino Marini.

King height 14cm.

Height of the pawns 9cm.

Chess set in silvered bronze and verdigris patinated bronze by the Italian artist Francesco Russo. Several pieces signed in the mass C.Russo.

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