Medardo Rosso, Bambino alle cucine economiche

The entry focuses on a version of "Bambino alle cucine economiche" [Child at the Soup Kitchen], a sculpture much celebrated by the Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso. The history of the work is reconstructed and position with the reception and evolution of Rosso's sculpture between France, Italy and elsewhere at the turn of the 19th century, providing also a few insights on the importance that the sculpture had in shaping the long-lasting influence of Rosso's art among postwar artists and critics.