20th CENTURY ART
AUCTION
Tuesday 6 November 2018
2.30 pm (CET)
Turin – Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Lot 201
RENÉ BURRI 1933-2014
Tribute to Marilyn Monroe
Two vintage gelatin silver prints on baryte paper, one attributed to Burri and one with photographer’s credit stamp on the reverse.
5.71 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500
Lot 202
PHILIPPE HALSMAN 1906-1979
Marilyn Monroe
Gelatin silver print on baryte paper, contact sheet, printed circa 1980.
18.31 x 14.37 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 203
PHILIPPE HALSMAN 1906-1979
Marilyn Monroe
Gelatin silver print on baryte paper, contact sheet, printed ca. 1980.
18.31 x 14.37 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 204
PHILIPPE HALSMAN 1906-1979
Marilyn Monroe
Gelatin silver print, contact sheet, printed circa 1980.
18.31 x 14.37 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 205
BERT STERN 1929-2013
Marilyn Monroe ‘The Last Sitting’, Crucifixion
Vintage color C-print, enlargement of the contact number 21, printed 1993. Inscribed in colored pastel ‘Marilyn 1962’ and signed lower recto. Photographer’s credit stamp on the reverse.
40.75 x 41.54 in.
Starting price: € 15.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 20.000 | Sold for : € 15.000
Lot 206
FABRIZIO MARCHESI
Johnny Depp
Giant Polaroid, signed and dated 'Venezia 7.9.2001' by the photographer and countersigned by the actor along the upper margin.
32.68 x 21.85 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.200
Lot 207
STEFANO CRISTIANO MONTESI
Denzel Washington
Giant Polaroid signed and dated 'Berlin 17.2.2000' by the photographer and countersigned by the great American actor along the lower margin.
35.43 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 208
FABRIZIO MARCHESI
Laetitia Casta
Giant Polaroid signed, dated 'Cannes 98' and dedicated with a 'Big Kiss' by the beautiful French actress along the lower margin.
34.25 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 209
JACEK P. SOLTAN
Richard Gere
Giant Polaroid signed by the photographer and countersigned by the actor along the upper margin.
38.19 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 210
FABRIZIO MARCHESI
Julian Schnabel
Giant Polaroid signed and dated '01 .09.96 Venice 'by the photographer, countersigned and dated by the famous American artist.
34.25 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 700 - 900
Lot 211
FABRIZIO MARCHESI
Carla Bruni
Giant Polaroid signed and dated 'Cannes 23.5.98' by the photographer and countersigned by the French naturalized Italian artist.
33.86 x 21.85 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200
Lot 212
STEFANO CRISTIANO MONTESI
George Clooney
Giant Polaroid signed by the photographer and countersigned by the admired actor along the upper margin.
36.61 x 22.05 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000
Lot 213
YOSHIE NISHIKAWA 1959
Farfalla
Platinum print on paper, numbered 3/7, signed and numbered on the reverse.
11.02 x 11.02 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 214
YOSHIE NISHIKAWA 1959
Petali d'Oriente
Giclèe print, printed 2011. Signed ad numbered 1/5 on the reverse.
35.43 x 35.43 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.200
Lot 215
OLIVIERO TOSCANI 1942
Neonato
Vintage gelatin silver print, in the original folder, signed recto.
18.90 x 24.02 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.000
Lot 216
MASSIMO LISTRI 1953
Palazzo Carignano
Lambda C-print, signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/5 on the reverse. Label 'FOR Gallery', Florence.
39.37 x 47.24 in.
Listri's gaze reveals the soul of the buildings, coupled with the technical and formal perfection of his photographic prints that become witnesses of
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 217
Pencil on paper, signed, dated and entitled to the front. Nice self-portrait of the architect who paints the initials of the 4 children he had with Giulia Vimercati, Lisa, Giovanna, Giulio and Letizia. Typewritten label on verso.
9.25 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 218
Oil on plywood, depicting the mountain resort that Ponti used to go to in the 1920s, small faults.
13.39 x 19.68 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 219
Intense pencil drawing on paper, probably dating back to the 1920s. Tear with small loss along the lower margin.
8.86 x 12.80 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 220
Pencil on paper, signed lower right. Fine portrait of young Buzzi, a friend and collaborator of Ponti, in the years when they worked at Domus. Laking the upper left corner, two old folds, traces of glue.
10.04 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 221
Four ceramic tiles with metal frames, numbered on the reverse.
10 x 10 in. including the frame
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 222
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Mondo Tondo
Group of ten pencil drawings on paper, one hightened in watercolor, referring to the production of Mondo Tondo, a ballet by Ennio Porrino, and other theatrical works of those years. Different sizes.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 223
A pair of tempera and pencil drawings in wooden frames, depicting two sketches for Gluck's Orfeo at the Scala Theater in Milan.
11.02 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 224
Nice group of 20 pencil and felt-tip pen sketches referring to the production of Gluck's Orpheus. Different sizes.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.200 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 225
Pencil and watercolor drawing on glossy paper mounted on cardboard. Traces of glue and small tear to the left margin.
11.42 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.200