Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Tuesday 8 November 2022, 4 p.m. | lots 1-192
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Lot 76
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Nudino (or lying nude) 1932
Lean oil on paper applied on cardboard.
17.72 x 25.20 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, on the reverse label/card Galleria Caver, Turin. Work accompanied by a certificate of origin and a guarantee of authenticity by La Bussola Gallery, Turin 1997.
Artwork registered
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Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 4.200
Lot 77
ANTONIO LIGABUE 1899-1965
Pasture 1939
Oil on plywood board.
23.86 x 17.20 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse a female figure painted by Giovanni Miglioli in 1941. Artwork accompanied by authentication on photograph and declaration on the verso painted by Sergio Negri, archived with n ° 217 / PH.
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Estimate : € 160.000 - 200.000
Lot 78
GIACOMO MANZÙ 1908-1991
Girl playing 1943
Grease pencil on paper.
8.23 x 7.13 in.
Signed lower right recto in pencil, ink sketch of an easel painter on reverse.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 79
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Female figure 1946
Chalk on paper.
15.35 x 11.42 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, on the reverse label Galleria Le Immagini, Turin. Work accompanied by authentication from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin 1976.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 80
LUIGI SPAZZAPAN 1889-1958
Mazzo di fiori di campo. 1935
Tempera on paper applied on masonite.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Work accompanied by authentication on photograph by Sandro Alberti, Bra 1994.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 81
Back nude 1944
Ink on paper.
11.02 x 7.87 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, dated on the left, on the reverse label Galleria Le Immages, Turin. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Le Immagine gallery, Turin 1976.
Estimate : € 150 - 300
Lot 82
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Back nude
Colored crayons and pencil on paper.
22.05 x 17.72 in.
Signed on the bottom recto, on the reverse label Galleria Le Immagini, Turin. Work accompanied by authentication from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin 1982.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 83
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Male figure
Brown pencil on paper.
15.75 x 11.02 in.
Work accompanied by authentication from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin 1978.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 84
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Nello (veiled face) 1937
Oil pencil on paper.
10.63 x 8.27 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto with a dedication: "al caro bel Nello .... Popolino al mare, auguri", on the reverse label/card La Bussola Art Gallery, Turin. Artwork accompanied by a guarantee of authenticity on
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 85
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Seated boy 1945
Brown pencil on paper.
16.34 x 9.84 in.
Signed and dated on the lower recto. Work accompanied by authentication from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin 1978.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 86
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Knight 1944
Ink on paper.
13.78 x 9.84 in.
Signed and dated on lower right recto. Work accompanied by authentication by Marina Marini on 1981 photograph (with customs stamp of the Gran San Bernardo tunnel). Marino Marini Foundation Archive 02/22/2017, n° 761.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 10.000 | Sold for : € 4.800
Lot 87
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
Que font ces gens (illustration pour le labyrinthe de Maurice Sandoz) 1945
Ink on paper.
6.10 x 3.74 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto. Work accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003, reference archive: D-3461.
Original drawing made for the illustrations of "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in
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Estimate : € 23.000 - 30.000 | Sold for : € 20.000
Lot 88
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
Devant le chateau un carrosse passait (Illustration pour le labyrinthe de Maurice Sandoz) 1945
Ink on paper
6.14 x 3.86 in.
Signed and dated on the lower right recto. Work accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003. Archive reference D-3463.
Original drawing made for the illustrations of "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in 1945.
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Estimate : € 18.000 - 23.000 | Sold for : € 24.000
Lot 89
ALIGI SASSU 1912-2000
The mirror 1938
Watercolor on paper.
18.50 x 13.58 in.
Signed lower left recto, stamp and number on the right corner, label/card Galleria I Portici, Turin on the reverse. Work accompanied by a certificate of origin and a guarantee of authenticity from Galleria I Portici, Turin 1974.
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Estimate : € 400 - 800
Lot 90
ALIGI SASSU 1912-2000
Retaliation 1940s
Mixed media on paper.
18.50 x 25.20 in.
Signed lower right recto. Artwork accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph, 1996 and by declaration of authenticity on photograph with stamp and signature of L'incontro Gallery, Chiari (BS).
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 91
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Mountains Mid 1950s
Oil on framed cardboard.
14.96 x 17.72 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the reverse stamp and signature Galleria Milano, Milano and label / card Galleria La Bussola, Turin.
Work accompanied by authentication of Professor Francesco Meloni, Milan 1990.
Estimate : € 6.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 92
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Standing man figure 1942-43
Black bitumen and pencil on paper.
16.14 x 10.83 in.
Artwork authenticated and archived on photograph by Professor L. Cavallo, Milan 1981.
Drawing from Variati collection, part of a artworks' group left personally by Sironi to the Variati Family.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 93
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composition mid 1940s
Tempera and ink on framed paper.
15.35 x 19.45 in.
Signed on center right recto, on the reverse label/card Galleria La Bussola, Turin. Artwork authenticated on photograph by Professor Francesco Meloni, Milan 1992.
Estimate : € 7.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 94
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composition with white horse ca. 1955
Oil on canvas.
15.75 x 19.49 in.
Signed on the right side of the recto, on the reverse signed and titled on the upper side of the canvas, in the center the initials W.M. (Willy Macchiati). Artwork authenticated on photograph by Professor Francesco Meloni , Milano 1995
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Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 8.000
Lot 95
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
Annibaletto the philosopher (or sailor figure) 1939
Ink on paper.
6.69 x 4.72 in.
On the reverse, by hand: "authentic 'touch in pen' by Lorenzo Viani reproducing 'Annibaletto the philosopher' well known to the Vàgeri group: study of the homonymous painting by Lorenzo Viani himself. Pescia 1966" signature not identified
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Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 96
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
The evicted 1909
Ink on paper.
9.45 x 12.60 in.
On the reverse labels / cards of the Galleria La Navicella, Viareggio and of the Galleria La Bussola, Turin and handwritten label: 'published on the monograph October 1965 Galleria Brera at Codebò'. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 97
CARLO CARRÀ 1881-1966
Still life with fish 1963
Greasy pencil on paper.
10.83 x 16.34 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, titled left. Authentication on photograph issued by Catalogo Generale delle Opere di Carrà.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 98
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Nude in the fields (or study for shadows) 1951
Pencil on paper.
17.91 x 23.62 in.
Signed lower left recto, La Bussola Gallery label/card on the reverse, Turin. Artwork accompanied by certificate of origin and guarantee of authenticity on photograph with dry stamps and signature of the La Bussola Gallry archive, Turin
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Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 99
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Head of a boy 1950
Sanguine and pencil on wrapping paper.
18.90 x 12.60 in.
Signed lower right recto. Work accompanied by authentication on photograph of the artist's son, Francesco Casorati Pavarolo, Turin 1994.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 100
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Concertino 1959
Pencil on paper.
13.39 x 9.25 in.
Signed lower right recto, La Bussola Gallery labels / cards on the reverse, Turin and the exhibition 'Casorati i Disegni', Palazzo Opesso, Chieri and Palazzo Bricherasio Foundation, Turin. Work accompanied by a certificate of origin and
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Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400