20th CENTURY ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 6 November 2019
2.00 pm | lots 1-353; 5.00 pm | lots 354-557
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin, Italy
VIEWING
From Friday 1 to Wednesday 6 November (Sunday included), 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
Extraordinary opening on Saturday 2 November 7.00 pm - 12:00 am during the Night of Contemporary Arts
Lot 401
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Paesaggio 1924
Oil on cardboard, artwork registered and published in the Catalogue Raisonné under the number 1303 and accompanied by
certificate issued by 'Archivio Casorati' dated 18/11/2006.
11.02 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 10.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 18.000 | Sold for : € 16.000
Lot 402
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Untitled (female figures)
Green pencil on paper. Artwork accompanied by photo-certificate issued by 'Galleria La Bussola', Turin and archived in 1973 with the number 439 of the Catalogue Raisonné.
18.50 x 12.99 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 403
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Barche sulla spiaggia 1930-32
Oil on plywood, signed on the lower right side. Authentication by Daphne Maugham on verso, artwork archived with the number 747 in 1989, and published in the Catalogue Raisonné.
25.20 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 10.000 | Estimate : € 18.000 - 22.000 | Sold for : € 24.000
Lot 404
Darsena di Porta ticinese
Oil on canvas, signed lower left recto, signed and titled on the reverse.
21.26 x 25.20 in.
A rare painting by the great architect.
Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000
Lot 405
ALDO RAIMONDI 1902-1998
Untitled
Watercolor on paper applied on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto.
20.87 x 25.59 in.
A beautiful watercolor by Raimondi that 'photographs' the Cathedral of Milan in '31.
Starting price: € 150 | Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 406
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Figure 1929 circa
Oil, tempera and grease pencil on paper applied on canvas, signed 'Sironi' lower right recto. On the reverse many intellegibles stamps. Artwork registered at the Associazione per il Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell'Opera di Mario Sironi, Milan under the
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Starting price: € 4.000 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000
Lot 407
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composizione, studio per interno decorato 1955 circa
Tempera, diluted tempera and grease pencil on paper applied on canvas, signed lower right recto. Bearing stamp of the 'Galleria Mercurio', Biella, on the reverse. Artwork registered at the 'Associazione per il Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell'Opera di
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 408
MAN RAY 1890-1976
La lecture 1937
Indian ink on paper, signed and dated lower right recto. On the reverse labels of the 'Galleria Scharz', Milan (with description) and 'Galleria Milano', Milan. Artwork accompanied by Finarte appraisal report dated 10/11/1990.
13.19 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 409
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Il moro di Venezia 1935 circa
Watercolor on paper, on the frame reverse labels of the 'Naviglio Gallery' and 'Cavour Art Gallery', Milan. Artwork registered at the 'Associazione per Filippo de Pisis' under the number 05161, dated 24/06/2019.
10.51 x 16.42 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 4.000
Lot 410
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Figura femminile 1942
Mixed media on paper, signed and dated lower right recto. Artwork registered at the 'Fondazione Marino Marini', Pistoia, under the number 613, dated 11/05/2011.
11.02 x 6.69 in.
Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000
Lot 411
LUIGI SPAZZAPAN 1889-1958
Untitled (Landscape) 1959
Mixed media on paper applied on canvas, signed lower right recto, dedicated, dated and signed on the reverse.
14.17 x 18.50 in.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Estimate : € 1.300 - 2.000
Lot 412
LUIGI SPAZZAPAN 1889-1958
Untitled 1960 circa
Mixed media on paper, signed lower right recto. On the reverse ink stamp of the 'Galleria dell'Annunciata', Milan and signature.
9.84 x 12.99 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 413
LUIGI SPAZZAPAN 1889-1958
Le Maschere
Mixed media on paper, another drawing titled 'I giocolieri' on the reverse with two ink stamps of the 'Saletta del Grifo', Turin. Label of the 'Galleria La Bussola', Turin on the reverse of the frame.
14.57 x 19.29 in.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Estimate : € 1.300 - 2.500
Lot 414
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Untitled 1930s
Oil on cardboard, signed lower left recto.
18.11 x 30.31 in.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Estimate : € 1.300 - 2.500
Lot 415
ENRICO PAOLUCCI 1901-1999
Orcio e pere 1928
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left recto. On the reverse label of the exhibition 'I sei pittori', held at the Galleria Guglielmi, Turin in 1929.
16.54 x 20.28 in.
Starting price: € 2.800 | Estimate : € 2.800 - 4.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 416
VENANZIO ZOLLA 1880-1961
Il bicchiere d'acqua
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto. Label of the 'Galleria Arte 80', Savigliano on the reverse.
19.29 x 17.72 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 417
GIOVANNI MACCIOTTA 1927-2003
Untitled (Still life)
Oil on cardboard, signed lower right recto.
7.09 x 9.06 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 418
ENRICO PAOLUCCI 1901-1999
Untitled (Still life)
Oil on canvas, signed lower recto and on the reverse.
7.87 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 419
CARLO LEVI 1902-1975
Untitled (Still life)
Oil on canvas, signed on the reverse 'CLevi 72530A80'.
14.96 x 18.90 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 420
Untitled (Still life)
Oil on canvas, signed upper right recto.
12.20 x 15.75 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.200 - 1.800 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 421
ARTURO TOSI 1871-1956
Paesaggio a Rovetta
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
19.68 x 23.62 in.
Following the model of Paul Cézanne, Arturo Tosi took refuge in Rovetta, in Val Seriana, starting in 1905 to elaborate his personal investigation into the profound meaning of nature. The feeling that pervades
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 422
Paesaggio con figure
Oil on board, signed lower left recto, dedicated and signed on the reverse.
3.94 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 423
Group of four works 1970s
Watercolors on paper, different sizes.
An interesting collection of works by Sandro Fè, as he signed in his paintings, a talented painter from Turin who exhibited at the 1940 Venice Biennale, the 3rd Rome Quadriennale in 1939 and the National Exhibition of Visual Arts
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Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 424
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Untitled 1955 circa
Mixed media on paper.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 425
Untitled (La Gran Madre di Torino) 1948 circa
Oil on canvas applied on paper, signed upper on the reverse.
9.45 x 12.60 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.500 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 426
CLAUDIO BONICHI 1943
Untitled 1987
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto.
19.68 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 427
Untitled 1969
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 800 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 428
DOMENICO CANTATORE 1906
Alberi 1959
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
abel 'Pittori d'oggi Francia Italia' Accademia di Brera, Milan with description on the reverse.
19.68 x 15.75 in.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
Lot 429
GAETANO MARTINEZ 1892-1951
Untitled 1950s
Patinated bronze on marble base.
6.30 x 4.33 x 3.15 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 430
Deposizione 1950
Oil on board, signed, dated and titled on the reverse, with label
of the III Biennale d’Arte Sacra, Novara; ink stamp numbered 700
of the 'Galleria d’Arte del Naviglio', Milan; label of the VI mostra
Italiana d’Arte Sacra, Milan; stamp of the 'Galleria Spinetti',
Fl
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.800
Lot 431
SERGIO UNIA 1943
Ragazza con cagnolino
Bronze, signed at the base and numbered 1/3.
26.77 x 9.06 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 432
Lanterne d'autunno 1950s
Oil on canvas, signed lower left recto.
23.62 x 15.75 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.900
Lot 433
SERGIO UNIA 1943
Piccola danzatrice
Bronze, signed and numbered 1/3 at the base.
26.77 x 9.06 x 7.48 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 434
ENNIO MORLOTTI 1910-1992
Untitled 1970s
Oil on canvas, signed lower center recto.
25.98 x 27.56 in.
Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000
Lot 435
GIACOMO MANZÙ 1908-1991
Cardinale seduto 1968-70
Bronze. Work archived as "Variante" by Giulia Manzoni at the 'Fondazione Giacomo Manzù', Aprilia under the number 2/2018.
19.88 x 10.24 x 8.46 in.
Recognized as one of the fundamental iconographic themes of the artist's production, the seated Cardinal represents the
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Starting price: € 20.000 | Estimate : € 30.000 - 40.000 | Sold for : € 32.000
Lot 436
MAYO (ANTOINE MALLIARAKIS) 1905-1990
L’enfant de la pleine lune 1964
Oil on canvas, signed on the lower right side, signed, titled and dated on the reverse, label of the 'Galleria Annunciata', Milan.
10.63 x 8.66 in.
The artistic production of Antoine Malliarakis called Mayo, Greek-naturalized French, is generally classified as a
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.200
Lot 437
Untitled (Hands) 1970s
Etching, E.A., signed and dated in pencil at the bottom right. In the lot also the poster of one of his shows at the 'Galleria Il Fauno', Turin in 1970, copy 1/15 signed “Mayo”.
13.78 x 27.56 in.
The artistic production of Antoine Malliarakis called Mayo,
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Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 438
MAYO (ANTOINE MALLIARAKIS) 1905-1990
Revenir encore 1969
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto; signed, titled and dated 'Querceto 69' on the reverse.
18.50 x 14.96 in.
The artistic production of Antoine Malliarakis called Mayo, Greek-naturalized French, is generally classified as a surrealist, a movement in which he
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 439
MAYO (ANTOINE MALLIARAKIS) 1905-1990
Les Joies du Jeudi 1970
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto, signed, titled and dated 'Rome 70' on the reverse.
25.59 x 21.26 in.
The artistic production of Antoine Malliarakis called Mayo, Greek-naturalized French, is generally classified as a surrealist, a movement in which he actively
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Lot 440
FRANCESCO TROMBADORI 1886
Mattino 1950 circa
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto, label with description on the reverse.
13.78 x 17.72 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 2.500
Lot 441
G. COPPINI
Untitled 1940s
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
23.62 x 31.50 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 800 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 442
EDUARDO ARROYO 1937-2018
Ritratto commissario 1971
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto. On the reverse labels of the 'Galleria Gissi', Turin and 'Galleria Arte Borgogna', Milan.
39.37 x 31.50 in.
Starting price: € 7.000 | Estimate : € 7.000 - 10.000
Lot 443
ROD DUDLEY 1935
Untitled
Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right recto.
39.37 x 23.62 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.200
Lot 444
SALVATORE FIUME 1915-1997
Untitled
Mixed media on canvas, signed lower left recto. Artwork accompanied by certificate issued by Laura Fiume and registered under the number 10/19 dated 16/07/2019.
13.78 x 21.65 in.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 445
PIPPO ORIANI 1909-1972
Ritmi formali
Felt pens on paper, signed, titled and dedicated on the reverse.
9.06 x 12.99 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 446
ZORAN MUŠIČ 1909-2005
Cavalli 1960 circa
Oil on canvas, signed lower right recto.
9.45 x 12.60 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.800
Lot 447
PIERRE KLOSSOWSKI 1905-2001
Untitled (Portrait of a young man with his sister) 1977
Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated on the reverse.
80.71 x 59.05 in.
Unpublished work but accompanied by Klossowski's autograph letter to the parents of the current owner who is depicted in the work in natural size. In the letter, dated "Paris ce 18 Mai 92" the
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Starting price: € 25.000 | Estimate : € 25.000 - 30.000
Lot 448
ALESSANDRO NASTASIO 1934
Studio
Ink on paper, signed and titled in pencil lower right recto.
17.32 x 25.20 in.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 200 - 400
Lot 449
LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Madonna 1921-1922
Pastels on paper. Signed 'Lucio' lower left recto. Work registered at the 'Fondazione Lucio Fontana', Milan under the number 3467/3 in 2006.
16.73 x 12.80 in.
Starting price: € 4.000 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 450
LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Concetto spaziale 1957
Blue ballpoint pen on paper, signed and dated lower right recto, on the reverse label of the 'Galleria Spazia, Bologna'. Artwork registered under the numeber 1696/2 and accompanied by certificate issued by the 'Archivio Lucio Fontana', Milan.
12.80 x 10.04 in.
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000