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3459 JAMES LICINI(Zurich 1937 - lives and works in Nürens-
dorf)
Haken. 1978.
Iron, powder coated in red.
At the base lower right with the incised
monogramm and date: JL 78.
116 x 21 x 100 cm.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the
artist by the present owner, since then
private collection Switzerland.
James Licini is a gifted and renowned
Swiss sculptor in iron, known for his extre-
mely simple, rectilinear and yet originally
configured, architectonic sculptures.
James Licini was born in 1937, son of
a blacksmith in Zurich, and following in
the same profession, he completed his
training in metal work in 1955, to work as a
steel fixing contractor and fitter until 1959.
Later he occasionally worked as assistant
to the Swiss sculptor Kurt Laurenz Metzler
and Hans Aeschbacher, which steered him
and his professional skill as a craftsman,
towards artistic expression. The precision
of his work and the excellent knowledge
of materials are apparent in his abstract
iron sculptures, the materials for which he
always obtains from industrial sources.
James Licini created his first iron sculp-
ture in 1968 and received grants from the
town and the Canton of Zurich, as well
as a federal art grant in 1974. Since then
James Licini has taken part in over 100
exhibitions. From the 1970s he has ranked
amongst the most important Swiss sculp-
tors in iron. His delicate, architectonic and
at the same time expansive works can be
found in public spaces, as well as in private
collections.
CHF 5 000 / 7 000
(€ 4 630 / 6 480)