AUCTION
Tuesday 6 November 2018
2.30 pm (CET)
Turin – Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Friday 2 to Tuesday 6 November (Sunday included) from 10 am to 6 pm.
Saturday 3 from 10 am to Midnight
Turin – Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
ENQUIRIES
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Diavolo per Orfeo
Pencil and tempera drawing, signed and dated on the front. Study for the Devil's costume for Gluck's Orfeo at La Scala Theater in Milan.
10.63 x 7.09 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.600
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Orfeo
Pencil and watercolor drawing on notepad paper, typewritten English inscriptions on paper sticker on upper right corner. Browning and staining.
10.24 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.800
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Festa Romantica
Group of six pencil drawings on paper, some heightened in watercolor.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.600
Indian ink and black watercolor on paper applied on cardboard.
7.87 x 5.91 in.
Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 2.400
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Disegni teatrali
Group of ten drawings of different sizes, half of them also higtened in watercolor, all referred to the production of theatrical works of the Forties and Fifties.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Red and yellow ceramic produced by Domenico Minganti, inscription ‘Imola, Made in Italy’ on the bottom.
13.58 x 5.24 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
AA.VV., Gio Ponti alla Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola, Imola, 1993, p. 45 e in copertina.
AA.VV., Gio Ponti alla Cooperativa
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Wooden, with two shelves, the top in tempered glass. Defects.
18.31 x 37.80 x 17.72 in.
Starting price: € 1.600 | Estimate : € 1.600 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Papier-mache, signed ‘Del Monte- Faenza’ on the base, flaws and restorations. The sculpture is accompanied by an indian ink on paper drawing depicting a hand with flowers.
7.87 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.300
Silver plated metal.
12.99 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 800
Papier-mache, flaws and restorations.
8.27 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.400
STUDIO PONTI E LANCIA
L’Ange Volant
Group of about 80 sheets with executive drawings in pencil and ink on shiny paper and some heliocopies on blue and white paper produced by the studio for the villa called L'ange volant that Ponti built in Garches near Paris with the collaboration of Emilio Lancia and
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Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.500
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Cinque disegni
Nice group of pencil drawings on paper of which one with different boxes numbered 7 to 11, and another oblong entitled "the Ministry" with annotation in pen that reads: "make a long picture".
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 2.800
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Disegni
Group of eight pencil drawings including some produced for Paolo De Poli, and two for Erwin Walter Burger. Different sizes.
The partnership between De Poli and Ponti began at the end of the 1930s and the Paduan artist created several works in enamel for the Milanese
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Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 3.000
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Tribunale di Verona
Group of six pencil drawings on paper within passe-partout.
8.66 x 5.51 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 1.200
Pink glass in several layers of color, with lattimo glass finishes.
19.68 x 18.11 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
M. Barovier, C. Sonego, Paolo Venini e la sua fornace, Skira, Milano, 2016, p. 401.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.500
Ash wood, non-original fabric covering.
33.86 x 22.83 x 20.47 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
Domus, n. 270, maggio 1952, p. 24.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Pencil and ink drawing on paper applied on cardboard, signed and dated on the front.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 200 - 300 | Sold for : € 600
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Disegni degli ultimi anni
Nice group of ten pencil drawings by Ponti, mostly depicting female figures, from the Seventies.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.300
Pencil drawing on paper, along with two other drawings with similar female figures.
11.02 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 1.600
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
La spagnola
Partially glazed terracotta sculpture, from the house in via Dezza in Milan. Minor defects.
Height 11.81 in.
The beautiful sculpture appeared in a photographic service of 1957 on the famous self-illuminating furniture that Ponti had designed for his Milanese home.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Pair of pencil drawings on paper depicting architectures, in double glass frame.
21.02 x 12.01 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Ink and felt tip pen drawing on glossy paper mounted on cardboard, some tears and losses.
29.53 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 400
Pair of pencil drawings, a small one on paper and the other larger on glossy paper folded several times, with sketches for mirror decorations. Minor defects.
11.22 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 400
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Quaderno di schizzi architettonici
Notepad of glossy paper containing twenty-one pencil and ink sketches by Ponti and his studio.
16.54 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 1.100
GIO PONTI 1891-1979
Villa sul mare
Group of four views in china on glossy paper of a project for a villa by the sea.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 2.000