PHOTOGRAPHY
Iconic pictures taken by the most prominent members of the world of photography, including "Alpe di Siusi" by Luigi Ghirri, as well as a fine selection of shots by Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Doisneau and Alexander Rodchenko.
3.00 pm | lots 1-221
VIEWING
Milan, via Manzoni 7, from Saturday 1 to Friday 7 April by appointment +39 0249488863 (Sunday excluded)
Turin, via Cavour 17, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 April | 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
Lot 51
GUGLIELMO VON PLÜSCHOW 1852 - 1930
Giovane in posa su capitello c. 1890
Albumen print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 8.6 x 6.4
Starting price: € 400
Lot 52
ALESSIO NEBBIA 1896 - 1975
Monte Bianco c.1920
Vintage gelatin silver print. Blind stamp "Bottega d'Arte Alpina".
in. 14.8 x 11.1
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 53
VITTORIO SELLA 1859 - 1943
"K2" e "Mischabel e Weisshorn dalla vetta del Castore" c. 1885
Two gelatin silver prints printed c. 1950. "Mischabel e Weisshorn dalla vetta del Castore" credit stamp Istituto di Fotografia Italiana V.Sella verso, "K2" only pencil notes verso.
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 54
NANNI GADENZ 1900 - 1978
Scalata della Pala di S. Martino 1927
Three gelatin vintage prints mounted on original cartboard, signed and dated recto.
in. 11.1 x 8.6 (in. 16.4 x 12.3)
Starting price: € 200
Lot 55
VITTORIO SELLA 1859 - 1943
K2 con gli autografi degli alpinisti della spedizione italiana del 1954 1909/1954
Gelatin silver print. Credit stamp Istituto di Fotografia Alpina "V. Sella".
in. 15.4 x 11.6
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 56
SILVIO POZZINI
Passo del Tonale c. 1930
Two vintage gelatin silver print. Signed recto.
in. 7.4 x 10.9
Starting price: € 150
Lot 57
ALBERT STEINER 1877 - 1965
Winterschonheit c. 1920
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed and titled on cardboard.
in. 8.8 x 6.4 (in. 15.0 x 11.7)
Starting price: € 1.800
Lot 58
EDWARD & COLE WESTON (XX-XXI)
Church door 1940
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. Framed. Signed by Cole Weston verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4 (in. 14.4 x 16.0)
Starting price: € 1.500 Ordinary vat
Lot 59
ANSEL ADAMS 1902 - 1984
Tree 1950
Vintage gelatin silver print on original cardboard. Signed on cardboard. "Print N.11 Of Set N.81 Of Portfolio Two" verso.
in. 9.4 x 7.4 (in. 17.7 x 13.8)
Starting price: € 4.500
Lot 60
MAX BAUER 1886 - 1951
Germany "Das Schone Deutschland" c.1930
Fifteen vintage gelatin silver prints mounted on thin cardboard, all signed and titled recto.
Sizes from in. 4.7 x 3.3 to in. 7.8 x 6.6.
Starting price: € 200
Lot 61
P. APERS
Mistinguett 1931
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed and dated by Mistinguett.
in. 11.7 x 9.4
Starting price: € 100
Lot 62
EMILIO SOMMARIVA
Vittorio Emanuele III c.1930
Vintage carbon print. Photographer's blind stamp on both print and cardboard.
in. 8.8 x 6.0 (in. 10.7 x 8.2)
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 63
ANONIMO
Charlie Chaplin , Marx Brothers and Larry Langdon c. 1930
Seven vintage gelatin silver prints on mountboard. Stamp "Raccolta Attilio Giovannini" verso.
Sizes from in. 7 x 5.5 to in. 9 x 6.2
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 64
STEFANO BRICARELLI 1889 - 1989
In cantina ad Asti 1939
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp and label with title and date.
in. 15.6 x 11.7
Starting price: € 800
Lot 65
MAN RAY 1890 - 1976
Ritratto di André Derain 1927
Vintage gelatin silver print mounted on thin cardboard.
in. 9.0 x 6.6
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 66
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO 1891 - 1956
Risacca 1934
Gelatin silver print printed c.1960. Label typewritten with Cyrillic notes.
in. 10.9 x 15.2
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 67
ALEXANDER RODCHENKO 1891 - 1956
Girl with Leica 1934
Gelatin silver print printed c.1960. Label with typewritten Cyrillic notes.
in. 15.4 x 11.1
Starting price: € 1.100 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 68
BERENICE ABBOTT 1898 - 1991
New York Under the El 1936
Gelatin silver print on original cardboard, printed c.1970. Signed on cardboard recto, photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.9 x 13.1 (in. 14.4 x 17.0)
Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 69
FOSCO MARAINI 1912 - 2004
Pescatrici d'Awabi dell'isola di Hèkura, Giappone 1954
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp.
in. 11.7 x 15.6
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 70
ED VAN DER ELSKEN 1925 - 1990
Hong Kong, Water Carrier 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 450 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 71
STANISLAO FARRI 1924
Cantiere 1957
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed, dated and photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 15.6 x 11.7
Starting price: € 600
Lot 72
ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN 1915 - 1985
Artelia Bendolph, Gee's Bend, Alabama 1937
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. Signed recto.
in. 10.9 x 13.8
Starting price: € 1.200
Lot 73
FRANÇOIS KOLLAR 1904 - 1979
Pavillon du cinéma sous laTour Eiffel, Paris, Exposition Universelle 1937
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 10.1 x 8.6
Starting price: € 500
Lot 74
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
La "bicicoppia" 1948
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 75
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Alberto Pirelli, Vittorio Valletta, Gianni Agnelli e Giuseppe Bianchi con la prima Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile 1955
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" credit stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 76
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Concorso per il titolo di Miss Italia 1948
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" credit stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 9.4
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 77
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Scuola di Africo (Calabria) 1948
Gelatin silver print printed c.1970. "Publifoto" credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 7.0
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 78
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Africo (Calabria) 1948
Three gelatin silver prints, printed c.1970. Publifoto ink mark verso. Label verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.9
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 79
LEWIS W. HINE 1874 - 1940
Newsie c.1912
Vintage gelatin silver print.
in. 3.7 x 4.9
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 80
FULVIO ROITER 1926 - 2016
Venezia, Bambini 1977
Vintage gelatin silver print. Signed verso.
in. 8.6 x 9.2
Starting price: € 600
Lot 81
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON 1908 - 2004
Parigi, Quai Saint-Bernard 1932
Gelatin silver print, printed c.1980. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 700 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 82
VINCENZO CARRESE 1952 - 1980
Milano 1945 - 1946 Stazione Centrale: treni presi d'assalto 1945-46
Two gelatin silver prints, printed c.1980. Publifoto credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 83
LETIZIA BATTAGLIA 1935
Palermo - La madre riabbraccia il figlio che fa il carabiniere al Nord, c. 1980
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 7.8 x 11.7
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 84
CAIO GARRUBA PIERO RAFFAELLI LUCIANO D'ALESSANDRO
Stazioni 1985
Three vintage gelatin silver prints. Photographers' credit stamp verso.
in. 8.2 x 11.7
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 85
MIMMO JODICE 1934
I giorni dell'emergenza a seguito del terremoto 1980
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 500
Lot 86
GIORGIO LOTTI MARINA CIRINEI
Treno Zhou en Lai, Cina e Elettromotrice Ale 840 1980
Two vintage gelatin silver prints. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.9
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 87
LUCA MARIA PATELLA (1938) 1938
Non hai mai visto il momento in cui il fiume? Autofoto viaggiante con Rosa 1975
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's caption with title and date.
in. 9.4 x 11.7
Starting price: € 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 88
NINO MIGLIORI 1926
Dalla serie "Impressioni e movimento" dal treno 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print, signed dated and titled verso.
in. 8.6 x 10.9
Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 89
FRANCO FONTANA 1933
Paesaggio con rotaie 1984
Vintage color C-print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 8.6 x 11.7
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 90
CESARE COLOMBO TONI NICOLINI ANTONIO SANSONE
Paesaggi con ferrovia c. 1980
Three vintage gelatin silver prints, one color C-print.
in. 11.7 x 7.8
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 91
GIANNI BERENGO GARDIN 1930
Il trenino della Val Gardena, Ortisei 1958
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 11.7 x 8.2
Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 92
FRANCESCO RADINO 1947
Ferrovia sotto la neve 1985
Vintage gelatin silver print, Polaroid 55. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 11.7 x 14.4
Starting price: € 400
Lot 93
FEDERICO PATELLANI 1911 - 1977, ANDREA ATTARDI 1957 E MARINA CIRINEI (XX SEC.)
Stazioni c. 1980
Three vintage gelatin silver prints. Photographers' credit stamp verso
in. 10.9 x 7.8
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 275
Lot 94
FRANCO PINNA 1925 - 1978
Ferrovie sarde e locomotiva Winthertur 1985
Vintage gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 9.4 x 11.8
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 95
PAOLO MONTI 1908 - 1982
Paesaggio della Milano Nord c. 1980
Vintage silver gelatin print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 11.9 x 9.4
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 96
GIANNI BERENGO GARDIN 1930
Venezia, Caffè Florian 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print ferrotyped. Photographer's credit stamp verso..
in. 8.2 x 12.1
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 97
GIANNI BERENGO GARDIN 1930
Gondolieri c.1958
Vintage gelatin silver print ferrotyped. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 12.1 x 8.2
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 98
GIANNI BERENGO GARDIN 1930
Venezia Regata Storica 1958
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. Photographer's credit stamp verso.
in. 7.0 x 11.7
Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 99
JEFF DUNAS 1954
Nudo coricato c.1980
Vintage color C-print. Signed and 18/100 verso.
in. 11.7 x 16.4
Starting price: € 600
Lot 100
JEFF DUNAS 1954
Nudo Paris Studio 1989
Vintage gelatin silver print. Titled, signed and dated recto.
in. 17.2 x 14.0 (in. 19.7 x 15.8)
Starting price: € 1.200