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