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The square in front of the Tommasi Foundry at the time it was run by Del Chiaro. The ‘No title’ by Enzo Cucchi and ‘SUD’ by Mimmo Paladino can be seen in the picture


The Foundry in via delle Iare. From left: Emanuela, Franco, Barbara, Massimo and Roberto, 1990’s


The square in front of the Del Chiaro Foundry in 1987. From left: work by Jacqueline Diffring, the sculptures ‘Dancer III’, ‘Pietà’ and ‘Dancer’ by Charles Umlauf, three works that are part of the monumental group for the Square of Theatre in Luxembourg b


From the left: Joseph Sheppard, Alfredo Tasso, Bruno Lucchesi, Tony Brukert, Harry Marinsky, Nina Akamu, David Jungquist, Ester Vertheimer, Barry Johnston, Giancarlo Biagi, Marcello Tommasi, Stanley Bleifeld, Nathaniel Kaz, 1980 ca


The Massimo Del Chiaro Foundry in via delle Iare, at Pietrasanta. Centre: the sculpture Hope for the Future by Charles Umlauf, 1985


The land and premises of the Foundry in via delle Iare at the time these were bought, 1984


Aerial view of the Foundry in via delle Iare, 2006


Fiore De Henriquez visiting the Del Chiaro Foundry together with the cousins of the Queen of England. From left: a friend of the artist, the British noble couple, Fiore De Henriquez, another friend of the artist and Massimo Del Chiaro, 1983


Massimo with his son Roberto and the actress Stefania Sandrelli (centre)


Ilaria Forattini, Massimo Del Chiaro (second from the left), Giorgio Forattini, Ivan Theimer. In the background, a sculpture by Ivan Theimer


The actor Sam Jaffe with Massimo Del Chiaro


Sergio Marrai, Roberto Del Chiaro (second from the left), Andrea Bocelli, Gina Lollobrigida at the Foundry, 2000


The sculptor Charles Umlauf with an exceptional student, the actress Farrah Fawcett, who also posed for him


Harry Marinsky together with Mrs. James Madden, the purchaser of the works for the Harlequin Plaza, Greenwood Village, Englewood (Colorado), in front of the plasticine enlargement of sculpture “Great Music”


Fiore De Henriquez’s photo with autograph dedication


20 June 2001, Fiore De Henriquez with Massimo Del Chiaro in Peralta for her eightieth birthday


Fiore De Henriquez in Peralta


Carlo Guarienti while working


Enzo Cucchi while working


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Enzo Cucchi, ‘No title’; centre, Mimmo Paladino “SUD”, patinated bronze, h cm. 600


Stanley Bleifeld retouching a wax sculpture


Joseph Sheppard, drawing dedicated to Massimo Del Chiaro on the first page of a catalogue


Ken Noritomo Otani visiting the Foundry with his wife. From the left: Franco and Massimo Del Chiaro, Ken Noritomo Otani, Roberto Del Chiaro, Noriko Otani


Catherine Fourniau modelling a work in plaster


Lorenzo Garaventa in his studio in Genoa


Massimo Del Chiaro with Romano Cosci in the sculptor’s studio in Pietrasanta


Caroline Van der Merwe with Massimo Del Chiaro, in the background, some works of art by the sculptress


Carlo Guarienti while working


Antonio Vinciguerra retouching the wax of one component of the monument to Tuscany Interporto
