Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Tuesday 8 November 2022, 4 p.m. | lots 1-192
Turin, Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Lot 26
MAN RAY 1890-1976
Les Heures Heureuses 1972
Lot of two lithographs, color phototype retouched with pochoir, ed. 93/100.
31.89 x 23.62 in.
The other, of the same year, is entitled: "Ombres sur fond bois" (ed. 91/100). Both are signed with initials and numbered on the lower recto, printed by Jacomet, Paris,
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 27
ROBERTO SEBASTIAN MATTA 1911-2011
Cosmos 1975
Etching, aquatint, ed. 31/100.
25.79 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto. Aging and slight defects.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 28
PIERRE KLOSSOWSKI 1905-2001
L'humiliation préalable 1972
Color lithograph, ed 99/120.
29.72 x 21.85 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto with printer's stamp.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 29
GIACOMO MANZÙ 1908-1991
Lot of two lithographs: Seated woman 1970
Etching, aquatint, ed. 12/25.
23.62 x 20.08 in.
Lot of two lithographs, both signed and numbered on the lower recto. The first on the reverse presents a label/card From Galleria Narciso, Turin. Edited for the Amici di Manzù collection in Ardea and printed by the
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Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 30
LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Spatial concept 1961
Lithograph with manual intervention
13.78 x 17.72 in.
Signed lower right recto. An Ad personam exemplar of 202 created for "40 Drawings by Modern Masters" Edizioni d'Arte 2P, Milan 1961.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 31
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
The judgment of Paris 1979
Brass work, es. 26/40.
8.27 x 7.87 x 7.87 in.
Edition made in 40 copies plus one ed. P.A.
Artwork accompanied by authentication on photograph from the Fausto Melotti archive and registered at the archive.
Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 12.000
Lot 32
RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987
Procession
Color lithograph, ed. 81/125.
31.50 x 25.79 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto.
Estimate : € 250 - 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 33
RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987
Lot of two lithographs: Maize study window
Coloured lithograph, ed. 56/150.
29.92 x 22.05 in.
Both signed and numbered on the lower recto.
The second one: Finestra studio, ed. 56/150.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 34
PIERRE ALECHINSKY 1927
Composition 1967
Lithograph, ed. P.A.
55.51 x 76.77 in.
Dedicated, signed and dated on lower right recto.
Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 12.000
Lot 35
ASGER JORN 1914-1973
Untitled 1970
Lithograph, ed. P.A.
18.50 x 25.20 in.
Signed and dated both on plate and with pencil on the lower right recto, dedicated on the left.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 36
GRAHAM VIVIAN SUTHERLAND 1903-1980
'The Flea', from 'The Bestiary of the Procession of Orpheus' 1978-79
Etching, aquatint, ed. 60/75.
19.68 x 14.96 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto. Marlborough Edition, London, printed on Magnani 2RC paper, Rome.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 37
Sheets of studies (head) 1968
Two-color lithograph, ed. 35/70.
23.90 x 19.29 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto, on the right dated on plate '10.IV.68 ', on the reverse label/card Galleria d'Arte Narciso, Turin. Printed by Fernand Mourlot for Marlborough Fine Art Ltd.
Estimate : € 300 - 600
Lot 38
GIÒ POMODORO 1930-2002
Sole produttore comune raccolto '70s
Lithography, ed. P.A.
27.36 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered with pencil on the lower recto and titled in the work.
Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 39
DOMENICO GNOLI 1933-1970
Button 1967
Color lithograph, ed. 83/100.
8.27 x 11.61 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto in the button.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 40
ENRICO CASTELLANI
Black red 1999
Multiple on Fedrigoni paper of 300 grams, two-tone, punched and folded, put on forex, ed. 48/150.
31.50 x 25.98 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto and bottom. The work is part of a folder containing eleven screen printings each of them by a different artists for an
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 41
GIANNI PIACENTINO 1945
Lot of seven lithographs from the series: Vehicles-Sculptures/Wall-Sculptures 1971
Lithographs, 94/120.
20.08 x 28.15 in.
Seven lithographs from the Vehicles-sculptures / Wall-Sculptures series. All signed and numbered (with the same numbering) on the lower right recto.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 42
AUTORI VARI
Menu for a big binge 1981
Color lithographs, ed. XXIV/L.
31.10 x 23.62 in.
Signed by all the authors on the title page, alongside their respective names. Texts by Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Cesare Zavattini. Disegni di Emanuele Luzzati. Engravings by Orfeo Tamburi,. Ernesto Treccani, Sebastian
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 43
CONCETTO POZZATI 1953-2017
Shelf 1974
Screen printing on metal n. 16199
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Text on the top left recto. Numbered on the frame.
Estimate : € 250 - 500 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 44
SANDRO CHIA 1946
Happy Gurgle and Floating Heads 1989
Lithographs with engravings and collages, ed. P.A.
35.43 x 27.56 in.
Lot of eight works from the series: Happy Gurgle and Floating Head, all signed and dated on lower right recto. Edition of 30 copies, made on Kozo paper for AC & T Corporation, Tokyo.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 900
Lot 45
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Solon 1990
Screen printing, etching, drypoint, carborundum, embossed, ed. P.A.
62.99 x 88.19 in.
Signed and numbered on the lower recto. Published in 40 copies by Salland-Van Gelder, Waddington graphics, London, Stampa Arte 3, Milan.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 46
GERHARD RICHTER
Onkel Rudy 2000
Cibachrome printed photograph put on Dibond plate, framed, under glass. Ed. 18/80.
34.25 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered on the reverse, label / card of the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato.
From an oil painted artwork in 1965 (work no. 85). The edition
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Estimate : € 12.000 - 18.000 | Sold for : € 17.000
Lot 47
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933
The rose 1981
Colour screen printing on mirror polished stainless steel, ed. 8/60
47.24 x 39.37 in.
Signed, titled and numbered on the reverse.
Estimate : € 18.000 - 24.000 | Sold for : € 28.000
Lot 48
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
A doctor 1930 ca.
Pencil on paper.
11.02 x 7.87 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, titled on the left, on the reverse labels / cards of the Galleria Accademia, Turin, of the Galleria La Navicella, Viareggio, with stamp and signature of "Black and White" exhibition , European Institute
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Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 49
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
At the café ca 1928-30
Ink on paper.
11.81 x 7.87 in.
Signed on left recto. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of origin and a guarantee of authenticity on photograph by the Paul Nicholls studio, Milan 1984, then authentication on photograph by the La Bussola gallery, Turin and authenticated
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 50
FELICE CARENA 1879-1966
Two blind men 1905
Charcoal on paper.
18.90 x 24.61 in.
Signed, titled and dated on the upper left recto, on the reverse label and signature Galleria Le Immagini, Turin. Work accompanied by authentication from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin 1980.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 550