Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Thursday 11 May 2023
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin
3.30 p.m.
VIEWING
Sala Bolaffi Torino, via Cavour 17
from Thursday 4 to Thursday 11 May 2023 (Sunday excluded)
10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Lot 101
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Still life 30's
Oil on canvas.
13.19 x 16.14 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse label/card Galleria Il Milione, Milan,1936 and label/card Galleria Martano, Turin.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.400 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 102
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Naked in the study 1938
Sanguine pencil on canvas paper.
12.60 x 18.90 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Artwork accompanied by authentication of his son Francesco on photograph, 1980.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 103
MARIO MAFAI
Study for Adam and Eve 1934
Pencil on paper.
7.48 x 9.84 in.
Signed lower left recto.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 104
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Untitled 1948
Ink on paper.
12.40 x 7.87 in.
Signed lower right recto, upper left recto, in pencil: "Menzio, for the cover of Legend 1948", in the center in ballpoint pen: "Indian ink drawing by Francesco Menzio, Ottavia Menzio".
Estimate : € 100 - 200 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 105
GIULIO DA MILANO 1895-1991
Nizza 1952
Oil on panel.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed lower right recto, signed, titled and dated on board verso.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 106
MARINO MAZZACURATI 1907-1969
Untitled 1948
Oil on canvas.
22.56 x 30.12 in.
Signed and dated on reverse.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 107
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Figure
Pencil and charcoal on paper.
11.18 x 8.46 in.
Signed on the recto on the right side in ballpoint pen, on the reverse authentic Farsetti, Prato, numbered: 85952.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 108
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composition with figures 1940 ap.
Tempera, diluted tempera, grease pencil and pencil on paper laid down on canvas.
14.09 x 17.44 in.
On reverse label/card of the Galleria Cadario, Milan.
Artwork archived by the Association for the Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell’Opera di Mario Sironi,
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Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 109
FRANCESCO MESSINA 1900-1995
Adam 1941
Bronze
26.38 x 8.66 x 8.66 in.
Signed on the base.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.500 | Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 110
MIRKO BASALDELLA 1910-1969
Motivi Alterni 1948
Tempera on canvas paper.
24.41 x 36.42 in.
Signed lower right recto, label/card with stamps Liborio Merolli, Rome on the reverse.
Archived work Catalogue of Mirko's pictorial work, n° 81.
Estimate : € 1.800 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 111
MIRKO BASALDELLA 1910-1969
Figure
Mixed media on cardboard.
19.68 x 15.75 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse, label/card with Liborio Merolli, Rome stamps.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.500
Lot 112
MIRKO BASALDELLA 1910-1969
Mask (or Girl) 50
Tecnica mista cerata su cartone.
19.29 x 13.39 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse, validation of authenticity by Afro Basaldella, label/card with stamps by Liborio Merolli, Rome.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 113
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Femmes dans un paysage (Donne nei campi / Adunata / Rassemblement) 1957
Oil on canvas.
28.74 x 45.67 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, label/card with Galleria Gissi, Turin stamps on the reverse.
Artwork published in Massimo Campigli's catalog raisonné with the number 57-047.
Estimate : € 40.000 - 60.000 | Sold for : € 35.000
Lot 114
MARIO TOZZI 1895-1979
Fanciulle al mare (il pallone a spicchi bianco e verde) 1967
Oil on canvas.
45.67 x 31.89 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, on reverse on the canvas: "It was painted by me, Mario Tozzi, Suna 12-22-1970" and dedicated.
Artwork authenticated by Mario Tozzi General Archive, Foiano della Chiana, 2023.
Estimate : € 18.000 - 24.000 | Sold for : € 22.000
Lot 115
MARIO TOZZI 1895-1979
Bust 1971
Oil on canvas.
21.42 x 18.11 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, on reverse stamp Galleria d'Arte Medea, Milan.
Artwork authenticated on photograph signed by the artist and authenticated by the Mario Tozzi General Archive, Foiano della Chiana, 2023.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 13.000
Lot 116
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Donne alle finestre 1967
Oil on canvas.
28.74 x 36.42 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, Fratelli Orler, Favaro Veneto stamp and Galleria Medea, Milan stamp and signature on the reverse.
Artwork published in Massimo Campigli's catalog raisonné with the number 67-038.
Estimate : € 30.000 - 50.000 | Sold for : € 25.000
Lot 117
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Achille trascina il corpo di Ettore 1968
Tempera on cardboard.
11.81 x 15.75 in.
Signed lower right recto, label/card Galleria Gissi, Turin on the reverse.
Work accompanied by photo authentication from the Galleria Medea, Milan and the Galleria Gissi, Turin. Accompanied by the first Italian edition of the
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Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000
Lot 118
ARTURO TOSI 1871-1956
Landscape of Rovetta
Oil on canvas.
19.68 x 23.62 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse label/card of the Galleria d'Arte Fidia, Rome, faded stamps on the frame.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Lot 119
OTTONE ROSAI 1895-1957
Man at the table early 20s
Pencil on paper.
6.18 x 5.00 in.
Signed lower right recto (in ink) Ottone Rosai. Verso: illegible pencil writing.
A very valuable result, of intense expressive yield, belonging to the best portraiture of Maestro Ottone Rosai from the early 1920s and autenticated by
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 120
SILVIO MONFRINI 1894-1969
The accordion player
Bronze.
27.56 x 11.81 x 17.91 in.
Firmato alla base.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000
Lot 121
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Flowers 1938
Mixed media on cardboard.
32.28 x 24.41 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Artwork archived in the Filippo De Pisis Archive under the number 00881, Milan, 1997.
Estimate : € 6.000 - 9.000
Lot 122
CARLO CARRÀ 1881-1966
Still life 1965
Pencil on paper.
12.80 x 17.60 in.
Signed, dated and titled lower left recto.
Artwork accompanied by a certificate of provenance and authenticity from the Galleria Le Immagini, Turin, 1976.
Artwork archived in the Carlo Carrà Archive at number 21/65.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 123
GINO SEVERINI 1883-1966
Horse with jockey (tribute to his friend Degas) 50's
Ink on paper.
9.02 x 12.56 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 124
MAN RAY 1890-1976
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 : € 4.500 - 7.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 125
PHILIP CAMPBEL CURTIS 1907-2000
Girl among trees 1964
Oil on wooden board.
6.69 x 5.12 in.
Signed and dated lower recto.
Estimate : € 2.800 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.600