MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
AUCTION
Thursday 19 May 2022, 3.30 p.m.
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
lots 1-184
Friday 20 May 2022, 3 p.m.
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lots 185-388
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Lot 1
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
L' Éternel Aura Pitié De Jacob (From the Bible) 1931-1939
Hand- coloured etching, paper Arches, ed. 51/100.
12.20 x 9.06 in.
Signed with monogram and numbered on the lower recto, on the reverse label / card Galleria Guastalla, Livorno.
Published in 1958 by Tériade and printed by Raymond Haasen Paris.
Starting price: € 1.300 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 2
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Untitled 1960-62
Lithography, ed. 46/50.
19.29 x 15.35 in.
Signed, dated and numbered on the plate: 27.6.60 IX, signed and dated with pastel on the lower recto: 12.5.62.
Edited on the occasion of the volume 'The modern drawing, Pablo Picasso' edited by M. De Micheli for Seda in 1962, it
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Starting price: € 4.500 | Estimate : € 4.500 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 3
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Faun 1955-1962
Color lithography, ed. 24/60.
18.90 x 14.96 in.
Signed and dated on stone 24.4.55, signed, dated and hand numbered on the top recto, dated 30 October 62.
Lithograph forming an integral part of the volume edited by R Carrieri, Picasso, published in 1962 by the Perna
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 4.800
Lot 4
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Untitled 1968
Etching, ed. 26/50.
14.96 x 18.90 in.
Edition of 50 signed and numbered samples by the artist.
Artwork authenticated by Studio Pivuelle Arte, Lombardo Parisi Vincenzo.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 3.800
Lot 5
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
La grande maternité 1963
Color woodcut / Arches, ed. 21/200
35.43 x 25.00 in.
Signed and dated in plate 29.4.63 on the upper left recto, numbered and signed in pencil at the bottom.
Published by Éditions Combat de la Paix, Paris, printed by Mourlot, Paris
Starting price: € 9.000 | Estimate : € 10.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 6
ANDRÉ MASSON 1896-1987
Composition
Color lithography / Arches, ed. IT'S AT. 21/26.
17.72 x 13.39 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 7
RENÉ MAGRITTE 1898-1967
Homme au chapeau melon 1969
Etching, ed. 78/150.
8.66 x 7.09 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto.
Printed and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
From the Le Lien de Paille folder.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 8
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
Venus 1974
Etching, Richard de Bas, ed. 56/75.
29.92 x 22.05 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto, Graphis Arte blind stamp.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 9
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
The Ballet of the Flowers 1980
24 coloured lithographs
15.55 x 11.81 in.
The 24 printing steps required to complete the famous lithography published by Levine & Levine, each signed on the lower right recto, on the left the inscription "Bat".
Starting price: € 4.000 | Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 10
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Il trovatore con la luna 1970
Litography, ed .2/90.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed and titled lower left recto, signed again on the right.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 11
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Venezia Palazzo Ducale
Lithographic reproduction, ed. 35/50.
27.56 x 39.37 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower right recto.
Published by Fratelli Pozzo - Salvati - Grossi Monti & C., Turin.
Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 12
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
From Shakespeare I, plate IV 1977
Etching, aquatint and color / Arches on canvas, ed. B.T.
18.98 x 15.04 in.
Signed, with initials, lower right recto.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 13
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Horse 1977
Aquatint, ed. 21/75.
19.57 x 27.32 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 14
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
In Equilibrio 1975
Etching, aquatint, ed. 64/75.
28.35 x 21.65 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 15
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Cavaliere II (Reiter II) 1972
Etching, aquatint, ed. P.A.
20.47 x 18.31 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 16
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Adam and Eve or the sin 1971
Etching, ed. 64 / 90.
25.59 x 19.88 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 17
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Knight 1972
Etching, aquatint, ed. P.A.
25.20 x 19.68 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 18
MAN RAY 1890-1976
from Les Heures Heureuses 1972
Lithography, ed. 12/100.
31.50 x 23.62 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto.
Treillard printer, Paris
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 19
GIUSEPPE CAPOGROSSI 1900-1972
Quarzo n°4 1970
Lithography, ed. 25/75.
29.92 x 22.05 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 20
GIUSEPPE CAPOGROSSI 1900-1972
Untitled 1965
Color lithography, artist's proof edition.
28.35 x 22.05 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 450
Lot 21
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Composizione 1974
Etching, ed. 20/50.
19.68 x 13.78 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 22
BEN SHAHN 1898-1969
Triple Dip 1952
Silk-screen printing with some additions of watercolour.
30.63 x 22.20 in.
Signed on the lower right recto.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 23
ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997
Art&Industry II 1969
Coloured silk-screen printing on Fabriano paper, ed. 250/250.
17.13 x 14.37 in.
Signed, dated and numbered on the lower recto, on the right dry stamp Mazzotta Editore, Milan.
Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 18.000
Lot 24
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Marylin 1967
Screen printing, ed. 128/250
35.98 x 35.98 in.
Signed and numbered on the reverse.
Starting price: € 33.000 | Estimate : € 35.000 - 45.000 | Sold for : € 34.000
Lot 25
MARIO SCHIFANO 1934-1998
Last night program (Erotic sequence) 70's
Hand retouched screen printing.
27.56 x 27.56 in.
Lot consisting of two serigraphs.
The two works are signed on the lower recto and have the inscription: "Ultimo prog. Nott.", In the center they bear a number.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 400