Valeria Bafumi

Venditrice di arance

Name: Venditrice di arance
SKU: 9191
Price: 160.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Sculptures Fabric Papier-mâché Wicker Wood

Single artwork

€160,00

Description by the artist

Collectible artistic figurine is made of papier mache and fabric, hand painted and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. The sculpture is anchored to a turned solid wood base. It belongs to the Sicilian Traditional Clothes collection, in particular it reproduces the female costume worn by an orange seller in use during the early forties of the 1800s.

Details and dimensions

Materials: Fabric Papier-mâché Wicker Wood

Dimensions (cm): Height 30, Width 15, Depth 15

Handcrafted in Sicily

The artwork in the Sicilian culture

By the Governance of Sicilian Artisan Foundation

Oranges, lemons and prickly pears are symbolic fruits of Sicily. The first two grow in luxuriant citrus groves (including the famous Conca d’Oro in Palermo, gold precisely for the color of its citrus fruits) while prickly pears climb everywhere drawing characteristically the landscape of the island (it is not uncommon to see abandoned houses with prickly pears that have become the new owners, at least outside, on roofs and walls). These fruits were imported by the Arabs during their domination (IX-XI century).

Photo Orange seller in Palermo, early 900

Restorer and decorator

Valeria Bafumi

"Imagination and creativity are the fuels to keep alive the sense of wonder of the world”

The Governance also suggests

The objective of the Governance is both to safeguard the traditions and ancient crafts of the people of Sicily, and to sustain economically the Artisans and the Artists, both the real ethno-anthropologists of the country.