AUCTION
Wednesday 19 May 2021, 4pm CET
Sala Bolaffi Torino, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
From Friday 14 to Wednesday 19 May 2021 (Sunday included), 10 am-6 pm
Sala Bolaffi Torino, via Cavour 17
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Lady with dog 1920’s
Tempera on paper.
18.90 x 12.99 in.
Signed upper right recto.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 800
Untitled 1920’s
Gouache on paper.
17.91 x 12.99 in.
Signed upper right recto.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 800
Eglantine 1920’s
Gouache on paper.
17.91 x 12.99 in.
Signed lower right recto.
In this gouache a tribute by the author to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, in fact there is represented one of his most famous lithographs, La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, from 1895.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.700
Nude 1920
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
11.81 x 7.68 in.
Signed lower right recto, titled reverse.
Certificate letter issued by The Piccadilly gallery, London.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
À Ameliè-les-bains 1925
Ink on paper.
7.68 x 9.65 in.
Signed lower right recto, below the inscription: Madame Hermine-Lionette Chartan - David - Hapsbourg et ses mobilas à Ameliè-les-bains and a dedication dated 1926.
Photo certificate issued by Rosmarie Napoletano, exper U.F.E., Paris,
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 600
Costume pour Gaby, Madrid 1918
Watercolor on paper.
11.02 x 8.27 in.
Signed and dated on the recto, bottom right, at bottom left: 1509A, at the reverse beginning of another gouache, on the back of the frame label / card Galleria La Mela Verde, Turin.
Photo certificate issued by the artist,
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Estimate : € 22.000 - 26.000 | Sold for : € 40.000
Four plates from da ‘Robes poemés’ 1969
Glazed ceramic, three plates ed. 1/15, one plate ed. 2/15.
11.81 in.
Each plate is signed on the front with initials, on the reverse numbered and titled. Plates made by L.C. Barberis and edited by Jacques Damase.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 700
Her paintings, her objects, her simultaneous fabrics, her fashions 1925
Portfolio book consisting of a folder, with original illustrated cover, containing pages (the internal sheets measure 38 x 55.8 cm): title, 4 text pages, 20 color lithographs bearing the printed signature and the year of creation of the works except two with handwritten
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Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 8.000
Wallpaper project 'le bel été' 1938
Ink on paper.
10.24 x 17.52 in.
Signed with initials on the lower right recto.
Photo certificate issued by Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, archive n° D96-859.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000
Cosmic landscape 1933
Pencil, charcoal and pastel on cardboard.
11.61 x 16.73 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto, on the reverse label / card and stamps Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Modena, stamps Galleria Benappi, Turin.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Atlantic crossing 1933
Tempera on paper.
23.62 x 17.72 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto, on the reverse signed, dated and titled 'Trasvolata Atlantica', 2 labels / business card Peruzzi, Livorno, a Gruppo Futurista label and a label of the exhibition in Palazzo Mediceo, Lucca.
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Estimate : € 25.000 - 30.000 | Sold for : € 20.000
Figure in space 1929
Ink on paper.
5.31 x 6.69 in.
Signed and dated on the front.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 800
Female figure 1929
Tempera on paper.
12.60 x 8.66 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, on the reverse label shows Galleria La Bussola, Turin and Galleria Martano, Turin, stamp.
Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 6.500
Circular movement, composition 26 1926
Oil on canvas.
15.94 x 19.68 in.
Below the monogram of Ilya Casnic: ИЧ and the inscriptions: Круговое движение, композиция 26.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Rectangular circle of the "circles" series
Oil on canvas.
15.75 x 23.62 in.
At the bottom the monogram of Ilya Casnic ИЧ and “Прямоугольный круг” из серии "круги".
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lanital 1937
Tempera on paper.
12.99 x 8.66 in.
Signed lower left recto, stamp on the reverse: CREAR by Giuseppe Pisotti, Creazioni - Reclame - Artistic editions, Turin, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 8, T.46561.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
Indigena con rinoceronte 1966
Mixed media on canvassed Arches paper.
14.96 x 11.02 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, bearing on the reverse label by Rizzoli Finarte, Milan. Artwork accompanied by certificate issued by Rizzoli Finarte, dated 16/05/1978.
Estimate : € 24.000 - 28.000 | Sold for : € 20.000
Symphonie 1973
Etching and color aquatint, edition of 99, ed. P.A.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed with initials on the lower right recto, written 'Essai' on the left.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Allume les Gitanes 1969
Acquatinta, edition of 41, ed. P.A.
13.86 x 19.96 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Portrait d’une poète (Juliette) 1954-1975
Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, ed. 20/23.
23.43 x 16.34 in.
Signed with initials and numbered on the reverse on the stamp of the edition.
1975 artist's edition of a 1954 photograph
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.700
Ce qui manque à nous tous 1927-1972
Painted clay pipe and glass, ed. H.C.
8.27 x 5.51 x 2.95 in.
Signed with initials, numbered and titled on the pipe handle.
Conceived in 1927; two unique copies made in 1935 and 1936, followed by two numbered editions performed in 1963 and 1972. This copy is taken from
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Estimate : € 35.000 - 45.000 | Sold for : € 30.000
Main et Fruits 1971
Bronzo, ed. 0/8
9.06 x 11.02 x 9.84 in.
Signed with initials and numbered on the base.
Cast by Fratelli Barberis in Turin for Luciano Anselmino in an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
Belle main (Les mains libre) 1971
Bronzo, ed. 0/8
6.69 x 14.57 x 8.66 in.
Signed with initials and numbered on the base.
Cast by Fratelli Barberis in Turin for Luciano Anselmino in an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000
Two nudes in the atelier. 1938
Black tempera scratched and engraved on cardboard.
19.68 x 13.82 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Photo certificate issued by Casorati Archive, Turin, archived under n ° 1084.
Bibliografia/Literature
Carla Bertone, Felice Casorati e la sua
Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Man’s face 1939
Painted stone.
8.27 x 8.27 x 3.94 in.
Signed on the reverse.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000
Plastic body n°1 1926
Plaster, unique piece.
7.87 x 5.91 x 4.72 in.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000
Landscape reflecting on the lake 1962
Oil on canvas.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
The children of Marzabotto
Plaster, iron and wood.
24.41 x 25.20 x 6.69 in.
Bibliografia/Literature
Marzio Pinottini e Giovanni Arpino, Mino Rosso, editore Galleria Narciso, Torino, 1976.
Mostre/Exhibits
1976, Galleria Narciso, Torino
Provenienza/Provenance
Eredi Mino Rosso,
Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000
The friends 1936
Patinated plaster.
50.39 x 31.50 x 7.87 in.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Still life 1941
Pencil on paper.
8.15 x 12.20 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto.
Certainly dear to the author who wanted it among the twenty reproductions in his first important catalog (in which, with this, there are only 4 drawings).
Bibliografia/Literatur
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Roman landscape 1947
Oil on wooden board.
12.60 x 16.14 in.
Signed lower right recto.
From the 'retour à l'ordre' of the 1920s Severini will always undergo the spell of past civilizations, he will often go to Rome, whose monuments (the Forum, in particular) will inspire several of his
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Estimate : € 18.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 15.000
Viareggio canale 1958
Oil on canvas.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto, on the reverse label / card (dated 1959) and stamps Galleria l'Annunciata, Milan.
Photo certificate issued by Carlo Carrà Archive, Milan, registered in the artist's archive at no. 04/58.
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Estimate : € 30.000 - 40.000
Female figure 1946
Bronze.
22.05 x 9.45 x 7.09 in.
Signed and dated at the base.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.300
Seated figure 1946
Bronze.
20.47 x 11.02 x 9.45 in.
Signed and dated at the base.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Portrait de femme 1943-1944
Pencil and oil on cardboard.
29.53 x 20.55 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Certificate Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix en Provence.
Certificate issued by Comité Francis Picabia, that will include it in the forth coming volume of catalogue raisonné.
Estimate : € 90.000 - 100.000 | Sold for : € 145.000
Forgotten things 1950’s
Oil on cardboard.
9.06 x 6.30 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 2.800 - 5.000
Untitled
Oil on canvas.
14.96 x 18.11 in.
Photo certificate issued by the artist.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000
Composition eight n°4 1970
Encaustic on canvas.
23.62 x 19.68 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto, on the reverse label / card Galleria Peccolo, Livorno and two of the Galleria Martano, Turin.
Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Composition 1938-42
Oil on paper applied on plywood.
11.81 x 14.17 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, on the reverse label / exhibition card Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin.
Estimate : € 12.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 9.500
Untitled
Pastels on paper.
12.20 x 8.66 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 800
Robert Montparnasse 1932
Pencil on paper applied on cardboard.
10.08 x 16.81 in.
Signed, titled and dated recto.
On the reverse of the frame stamp of Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Artwork accompanied by certificate issued by Associazione per Filippo de Pisis, Milan,
Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.100
Landscape 1950
Oil on canvas cardboard.
15.75 x 19.68 in.
Signed and dated on the recto bottom center, on the reverse label / card and stamps Galleria Carini, Milan, label / card and stamps S.Erasmo art club, Milan, E. Pellizzari color factory stamp, Lecco.
Work being archived at
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Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000
Nude 1940’s
Pencil on paper.
11.02 x 12.20 in.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Nude 1941
Pencil on paper.
17.32 x 13.19 in.
Signed and dated on the front in the center, on the reverse stamp from the legacy of Anton Kolig.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000
Lying down nude 1940’s
Pencil on paper.
17.52 x 11.81 in.
On the front stamp from the legacy of Anton Kolig with signature of Marie Antoinette Sterger Kolig.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
O.O.S. 1967
Orange and black gouache on paper.
43.11 x 29.33 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto.
Archive Calder Foundation, New York, n°A12375.
Estimate : € 50.000 - 60.000 | Sold for : € 58.000
Sketch for the portrait of Antonino Tullier 1950
Indian ink on paper.
10.83 x 8.27 in.
Signed and dated recto.
Photo Certificate issued by Fondazione Lucio Fontana and registered under the number 4308/4.
Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000
Combustion No. 2 1965
Etching, aquatint on paper, ed. 26/80.
Signed and numbered on the front.
Marlborough Gallery Editions, London, Printer 2RC, Rome.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Spatial concept 1968-1968
Screen printing with holes.
24.80 x 10.24 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Spatial concept 1951
Ink on paper.
11.02 x 8.66 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Registered in the Fontana archive in Milan under the number 628/28.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 10.000 | Sold for : € 8.000