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.
ENRICO CASTELLANI 1930-2017
Untitled 1985
Relief printing, ed. 65/100.
20.87 x 24.80 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
GIULIO PAOLINI 1940
Una poesia 1967
Serigraph on canvas, ed. 5/50.
9.84 x 7.87 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered on the reverse on the stretcher.
The nine characters that make up the title are screen printed, in nine different colors, each example is a unique combination in the color of the letters.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 9.000
TINO STEFANONI 1937-2017
Tables 70's
Colored lithograph on Arches paper, ed. 18/99.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, dry stamp of Il Torchio di Porta Romana, Rome.
Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 100
RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987
The zodiac signs: Aquarius 1977
Polychrome lithograph, ed. P.A.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto with dry stamp of Sigart by Sandro Cioppi, Rome.
Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and guarantee from the Italian Polygraphic Institute of Art, Rome.
Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 400
RENATO GUTTUSO 1911-1987
The zodiac signs: Virgo 1977
Polychrome silkscreen, ed. PA.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and guarantee from the Italian Polygraphic Institute of Art, Rome.
Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 500
KARL PLATTNER 1919-1986
Untitled
Lithography, ed. 71/100
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 250
ENRICO BAJ 1924-2003
New lady 1986
Serigraphy with collage and flocking, ed. 84/150
42.91 x 32.28 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, labels/cards on reverse of Galleria La Rocca, Turin.
Printed for the Mastrogiacomo gallery editions, Pordenone 1986. Artwork accompanied by authentication of origin from
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Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 1.100
PIERRE KLOSSOWSKI 1905-2001
L'humiliation préalable 1972
Colored lithograph, ed. 15/120.
29.72 x 21.85 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto with printer's stamp.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 450
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Ladies and Gentleman 1975
Screenprint on Arches paper, ed. P.A.
39.33 x 27.52 in.
Signed lower recto with dedication "To Giancarlo".
Artist's proof published by Jabik and Colophon editori for Mazzotta Edizioni, Milan, gift to the gallery owner Giancarlo Salzano on the occasion of the artist's
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Estimate : € 12.000 - 18.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Ladies and Gentleman 1975
Color screenprint on Arches paper, ed. 74/125.
43.58 x 28.94 in.
Signed, dated, and numbered on the reverse with inscription "© awe".
Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York for the editions of Luciano Anselmino, Milan.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 14.000 | Sold for : € 14.000
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933
Pericolo di morte 1971
Screen-printing decal on steel, ed. 70/300.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered on the reverse on the edition cartouche.
The screen-printed decal measuring 31.5 x 42.5 cm was printed by L'Atelier for the Galleria Sperone, Turin 1971.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 6.600
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933
Specchio nello specchio 1974
Screen printing on mirror polished steel, ed. 116/450.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered on verso.
Estimate : € 12.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933
Untitled 1991
Serigraphy, ed. P.A.
38.98 x 27.56 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, left, in the artist's hand: "from the year one".
Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
ENRICO BAJ 1924-2003
La favorita del presidente 1992
Polychrome glazed pottery, multiple.
14.96 x 10.83 x 3.94 in.
On reverse terracotta stamp with signature, made by Bottega Gatti, Faenza 1992. Edition edited by Giorgio Marconi, Studio Marconi, Milan.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
ALIGHIERO BOETTI 1940-1994
Diptych: La natura una faccenda ottusa "Monkeys" 1991
Two colored screenprints, ed. 1/1.
23.62 x 23.62 in.
Each work is signed and numbered lower recto and accompanied by a guarantee certificate by Studio Fornaresio, Turin.
Edition of 75 copies + 1/1.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 3.600
SALVO 1947-2015
September 2002
Lithograph, ed. P.A.
27.56 x 31.50 in.
Signed on the front, stamped with signature on the reverse by Archivio Salvo, Turin.
Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 200
SALVO 1947-2015
Night with snow
Lithograph, ed. n / z.
19.68 x 13.78 in.
Signed on the front, stamp with signature of Archivio Salvo, Turin on the reverse.
Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 550
ANTONIO BUENO 1918-1984
Portrait
Aquatint etching, ed. 50/100.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 125
PIERO RUGGERI 1930-2009
Lot of two lithographs
Colored lithographs, ed. 91/150 and ed. 116/150.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
The second ed. 116/150.
Artworks accompanied by authentications by Archivio Michelangelo, Turin, 2023.
Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 125
BEVERLY PEPPER
Untitled 2009
Weathering steel.
9.45 x 6.30 x 2.36 in.
It is an edition of 20 specimens that the artist had created as a Christmas present for friends and relatives. The stone base is not part of the work, the artist had not included the base
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 600
EMILIO SCANAVINO 1922-1986
Untitled (Blue)
Lithographic print on cardboard on woodboard retouched by artist's hand, ed. 7/100.
27.56 x 39.37 in.
Signed on the reverse and publisher's stamp.
Estimate : € 200 - 400 | Sold for : € 650
GIULIO PAOLINI 1940
Les Fausses Confidences 1983
Lot of nine lithographs, ed. 96/100.
18.70 x 13.27 in.
Each lithograph is numbered and signed in pencil lower right recto. Signed and numbered in the colophon.
Four lithographs are framed. The other six are in the artist's original portfolio.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 900
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Geometric 2008
Etching, aquatint in 5 colors, ed. 17/60.
33.46 x 29.92 in.
Signed, dated and numbered lower recto.
Printed by Laboratorio di Arte Grafica, Modena, published by Papiro Art, Venice. Framed.
Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 400
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Pinocchio 2005
Edition in wooden case containing book and fourteen prints with various engraving techniques, ed. 48/100.
23.62 x 19.68 in.
All plates are numbered, one also signed.
The wooden case (cm 67.5x52.5x6.5). Complete edition with preface by E. Di Martino, publisher Papiro
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Estimate : € 700 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.100
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Lot of four lithographs from the 'Matematico' folder 2001
Color etching and aquatint on Arches paper, ed. X/XXV.
22.05 x 29.92 in.
Each signed and numbered lower recto. One with a different numbering: XVIII/XXV.
Four (sheets 2,3,4,5) of the six plates in the "Mathematical" folder published by Art of this Century, New York,
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Estimate : € 600 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.700
VETTOR PISANI 1934-2011
Meglio un asino vivo che un artista morto 2002
Color printing.
22.44 x 16.93 in.
Signed lower right recto, titled in the centre.
Published in 100 copies on the occasion of an exhibition in the Galleria Pio Monti, Rome.
Estimate : € 250 - 500 | Sold for : € 300
TULLIO PERICOLI 1936-2019
Set of six portraits 1982
22.44 x 14.76 in.
Portraits of Samuel Becket, Saul Bellow, Italo Calvino, Le Corbusier, Marguerite Yourcenar and Marcel Proust.
Each signed lower recto.
Complete portfolio folder published by Electa, Milan 1992.
Estimate : € 150 - 300 | Sold for : € 350
OMAR GALLIANI 1954
Blu (The Dream of Eurasia n°6) 2012
Diptych, wooden plates, printed with ultraviolet inkjet technology with hand interventions by the author, ed. 11/20.
47.24 x 47.24 in.
Each wooden plate is signed on the reverse on label/card with identification code. Diptych of the project for the Venice Biennale, 2012,
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.900
ANDRES SERRANO 1950
Lesa Lewis 1998
Cibachrome, wood frame, ed. 99/45
33.46 x 26.77 in.
Signed, dated and numbered on reverse.
Published by Marco Noire, 1999.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 1.300
GERARDO DOTTORI 1884-1977
Laundryman in the trench. 1916-1917
Pastels on paper.
7.09 x 13.39 in.
Signed lower right and titled upper right.
Work accompanied by card and letter of authenticity by the Archivio Dottori, Perugia.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
CARLO LEVI 1902-1975
Woman in the kitchen 1922
Pencil on paper.
17.72 x 24.41 in.
Signed on the lower right recto and dated on the left, on the reverse label / card with stamp Galleria Accademia 1980, Turin.
Artwork accompanied by authentication from the private collection of the author, Rome.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
FELICE CARENA 1879-1966
Flowers 1919
Mixed media on wood.
19.68 x 27.56 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto.
Estimate : € 3.500 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 8.000
STEFANO NOVO 1862-1927
Venice
Oil on canvas.
20.47 x 17.32 in.
Signed lower left recto, titled on the right.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 600
LUIGI PANZERI 1865-1939
Tennis player
Bronze.
19.68 x 5.12 x 7.09 in.
Signature engraved on the base.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.400
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
Lot of two artworks on paper
Pencil on paper.
7.09 x 5.47 in.
On reverse, on cardboard of the frame: "Original drawing by Lorenzo Viani, authenticated by Renato Santini".
Estimate : € 300 - 600
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
Lot of two works on paper
Pencil on paper.
7.09 x 5.47 in.
On reverse, on cardboard of the frame: "Original drawing by Lorenzo Viani, authenticated by Renato Santini".
Estimate : € 300 - 600
MARIO TOZZI 1895-1979
Maternità 1923
Oil on canvas.
43.31 x 31.50 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, on the reverse on the canvas: "I declare that this painting was executed by me in Lignoselles (Burgundy) in 1923. Yours sincerely, Mario Tozzi", Suna 20 March 1968 and dedicated again in 1971.
Artwork
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Estimate : € 15.000 - 20.000 | Sold for : € 24.000
FILLIA (LUIGI COLOMBO) 1904-1936
Memories of the landscape 1930
Oil on cardboard.
17.52 x 12.60 in.
On the reverse writings and plans, torn and illegible label.
Bibliografia/Literature
S. Evangelisti "Fillia e l'avanguardia futurista negli anni del fascismo", Arnoldo
Estimate : € 9.000 - 15.000
OSVALDO PERUZZI 1907-2004
Simultaneità aerea 1932
Oil on caedboard.
19.68 x 25.59 in.
Signed lower left recto.
The work can be counted among the first tests undertaken by Peruzzi on the themes of aeropainting. The construction of the painting focuses on the chosen theme, in this case the outline of the airplane, framed
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Estimate : € 14.000 - 18.000
OSVALDO PERUZZI 1907-2004
Aerospace synthesis 1935
Oil on cardboard.
25.59 x 31.89 in.
Signed lower right, on reverse, exhibition label Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, 1996
The work takes up in almost literary terms the shape of the airplane already outlined in 'Splendore geometrico orientale e terrestri' of 1934. On this
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Estimate : € 18.000 - 22.000
FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960
Tre personaggi con prisma 1948
Pencil, ink and diluted ink on canvas-lined paper.
41.34 x 31.89 in.
Signed lower right: “F. Depero”, on the reverse label of the Galleria Cavour in Milan (with incorrect title and date).
Work accompanied by authentication from the Depero Archive, Rovereto, 2023. and
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Estimate : € 25.000 - 35.000
FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960
Snal
Ink on letter paper.
On the recto lower right embossed stamp of the Depero Museum, Rovereto, on the reverse heading of the letterhead: 'Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro Artists Rovereto, il Presidente'.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
ARTURO MARTINI 1889-1947
Tetiteatro (sketch for the floating theatre project of the on Tevere river) 1923
Pencil on paper.
13.58 x 19.41 in.
Signed and dated on lower center recto and initials and date on the top right. Sketch of the project executed for Mario and Edita Broglio for Tetiteatro. Artwork accompanied by authentication from Mario De Micheli on photograph, 1991.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.500
PIPPO ORIANI 1909-1972
Riviera 1929-1930
Encaustic on cardboard.
18.70 x 10.63 in.
On reverse, signature and authentication by the artist on the cardboard.
Artwork authenticated by the Oriani Foundation, Canada, 2023.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
PIPPO ORIANI 1909-1972
Grottesco 1929-1930
Oil omn canvas.
23.62 x 11.81 in.
Signed at the recto at the bottom right, on reverse titled, dated and signed on the frame.
Artwork authenticated by the Oriani Foundation with the signature of Gabriele Oriani, Canada.
Pippo Oriani between 1928 and 1932 lived mainly
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.900
CARLO LEVI 1902-1975
Self-portrait 1937
Oil on canvas.
24.21 x 19.68 in.
Signed upper left recto, dated and written in felt-tip pen on the reverse: 'Work by Carlo Levi owned by me, transferred to Ettore and Antonio Russo, in witness with illegible signature
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
EMILIO SOBRERO 1890-1964
Untitled
Oil on panel.
18.50 x 13.78 in.
The artwork is very damaged.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 800
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Portrait of the painter Sartorio Anni '70
Mixed media on board.
16.93 x 22.05 in.
Signed lower left recto.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000