Modern and Contemporary Art


AUCTION
Tuesday 7 November, 5:00 p.m.
lot 1-33 Prints, Multiples, Editions
lot 34-50 Photography
lot 51-96 Works of Art
lot 97-174 Works on Paper


Wednesday 8 November, 3:30 pm
lot 175-264 Autographed posters and postcards
lot 265-486 Modern and Contemporary Art


Via Cavour 17, Turin

VIEWING
From Thursday 2 to Tuesday 7 November at the following time:
Thursday from 2 pm to 7 pm
Friday - Monday, from 10 am to 7 pm
Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm
Tuesday from 10 am to 2 pm

Lot 106

CÉSAR 1921-1998
Untitled 1959
Ink on paper.
29.53 x 21.65 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
This work is registered at n° 7803 by Denyse Durand-Ruel Archive, Paris. 

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000

Lot 107

FERNANDEZ ARMAN 1928-2005
Government owned property 1957
Ink and stamps on canvas paper.
29.33 x 20.28 in.
Signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse on the canvas, on the stretcher not in the artist's hand:
"Authenticated by the artist on 12-7-1970 in Galleria Martano". 

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 1.700

Lot 108

CAROL RAMA 1918-2015
Untitled 1995
Marker and enamels on map.
7.28 x 10.24 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Work authenticated by the artist on photograph.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000

Lot 109

CAROL RAMA 1918-2015
Untitled 1995
Marker and enamels on map.
7.40 x 10.16 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Work authenticated by the artist on photograph.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000

Lot 110

WIFREDO LAM 1902-1982
Untitled 1970
Ballpoint pen on paper.
18.11 x 25.20 in.
Signed, dedicated and dated on the lower right recto. Work archived by Wilfredo Lam Archive, Paris.

Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 850

Lot 111

EMILIO SCANAVINO 1922-1986
Folder with ten works on paper 1952-1961
Designed folder containing ten drawings of different sizes.
20.87 x 15.75 in.
Drawing 1, 1952, ink on paper, 7.87 x 10.63 in, signed and dated lower right recto.
Drawing 2, 1957, pastels on paper, 13.39 x 9.45 in., signed lower right and dated at the top.
Drawing 3, read all

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000

Lot 112

ARSHILE GORKY 1904-1948
Agony, Motif 1946
Ink, pen and wax crayon on paper.
10.08 x 9.06 in.

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 15.000

Lot 113

NORMAN BLUHM 1921-1999
Untitled 1961
Mixed media on paper.
12.01 x 8.66 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, gallery stamp with illegible signature and inscription "ex Collezione E. Leumann", Turin, on the reverse.

Provenienza/Provenance
Collezione E. Leumann, Torino
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.700

Lot 114

FRITZ WOTRUBA 1907-1975
Figures 1955
China on paper.
17.32 x 12.20 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, on the reverse label/card with stamps and signature Galleria Blu, Milan.

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 1.600

Lot 115

HISAO DOMOTO 1928-2013
Untitled 50's
Watercolor and ink on cardboard
19.29 x 25.39 in.
Signed upper right recto.

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 9.000

Lot 116

PIERRE ALECHINSKY 1927
Dans le cirage 1961
Ink on paper.
14.76 x 9.76 in.
Signed and dated upper left recto, titled lower right.
 

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 2.200

Lot 117

PIERRE KLOSSOWSKI 1905-2001
Diane et Actéon 1955/1973
Mixed media on paper
59.84 x 42.40 in.
Signed, dated lower right recto: Pierre Klossowski fevrier MCMLV Septembre LXXIII, centre: Nunc tibi me posito visam velamine narres, si potentis narrare, licet Ovid, Metamorphosis III Monsieur de Max et Mademoiselle Glissant dans read all

Starting price: € 20.000 | Estimate : € 25.000 - 35.000 | Sold for : € 62.000

Lot 118

CORNEILLE 1922-2010
Untitled 1959
Pen, crayons and ink on paper.
8.15 x 9.25 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto. Tear on the paper.
The Guillaume Corneille Foundation has confirmed the authenticity of the work.

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 1.900

Lot 119

ROBERT SEBASTIAN MATTA 1911-2002
Untitled
Pencil and crayon on Fabriano paper.
17.72 x 25.59 in.
On the reverse label/card and stamp of Galleria Galatea, Turin. 

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.500

Lot 120

KENNETH ARMITAGE 1916-2002
Standing women 1955
Charcoal and ink on paper.
15.16 x 22.13 in.
Signed with initials and dated lower right recto, signed and inscribed on the reverse.

Mostre/Exhibits
Milano, Galleria Blu, Moore, Sutherland, Chadwick, Armitage, Maggio - Giugno

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Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000

Lot 121

KENNETH ARMITAGE 1916-2002
Study for ‘Standing group 1952
Pencil and watercolor on paper.
15.00 x 22.13 in.
Signed with initials and dated lower right recto, signed and inscribed on the reverse: "Kenneth Armitage/Corsham/Wilts". 

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000

Lot 122

LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
La serva (female nudes) 1946
Ink on canvas paper.
11.81 x 8.27 in.
Signed, titled lower center recto.
Work archived by Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan 1973.

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000

Lot 123

LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Concepto espacial 1946
Ink on paper.
8.58 x 11.18 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, titled on the left.
Work that constitutes the first indications of the theory of Spatialism by Fontana (who published his Manifesto Blanco in the same year) and which marks the birth of the 'spatial read all

Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000 | Sold for : € 5.000

Lot 124

LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Lot of two works on paper: Study for 'Spatial Concept' 1957
Pen on paper.
12.80 x 10.12 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
With: 'Spatial concept, anti-sculpture, anti-painting' 1949, pen on paper, 11.65 x 8.35 in. is titled lower right recto.(2)

Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 5.500

Lot 125

LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Lot of three ink on paper works: Ambiente Spaziale 1949
Ink on paper.
11.02 x 8.78 in.
Signed lower left recto, signed and dated on the right.
Together with: 'Forma' 1946, 10.24x12.80 in.,  signed and dated lower right recto, titled on the left.
Lot completed by: 'Ambiente spaziale' 1954, 8,74x11,18 in., signed lower left read all

Starting price: € 7.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 7.000

Lot 126

VICTOR VASARELY 1906-1997
Lot of two works on paper: Imbituba and Kettoe
Wax crayon on paper.
3.35 x 3.15 in.
On the reverse of each, in the artist's hand, title and inscriptions, in the passpartout of both label/card from the Galleria Notizie, Turin. On the back of the frame, the artist's handwritten inscription in Hungarian: "this is the read all

Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.000

Lot 127

MARK TOBEY 1890-1976
Composition 1954
Gouache and ink on paper.
7.09 x 10.63 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, gallery and exhibition labels and stamps on the reverse.
The work is registered in the Mark Tobey Archive (n° MT 218-5-30-17). 
Glued on passepartout.

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 15.000

Lot 128

ASGER JORN 1914-1973
Untitled 1954
China on paper.
4.88 x 3.54 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
The work is registered in the archive of Museum Jorn, Silkeborg.

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.500 - 6.000

Lot 129

JEAN FAUTRIER 1898-1964
Untitled
Wax crayons on paper.
11.81 x 19.68 in.
Signed with initials lower right recto, stamps Galleria Blu, Milan on the reverse.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000

Lot 130

AUTORI VARI
Folder 'Cinque disegni' Collana di Notizie 1958
Folder containing five original mixed media drawings on paper.
19.68 x 11.81 in.
Folder 'edited' by the Galleria Notizie Arti figurative, Turin in ten copies (this is number 8) each with five original drawings bearing the publisher's stamp on the reverse.
Antonio read all

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000

Lot 131

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Anatomy studies Mid 50's
Pencil and colored pencils on paper mounted on cardboard.
10.79 x 7.87 in.
Signed lower left recto, label/card, stamps and signature on the reverse.
Work accompanied by authentication and archived by the Giorgio e Isa De Chirico Foundation, Rome.

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 7.000 | Sold for : € 4.600

Lot 132

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Cavaliere che saluta la luna piena 40s
Tempera on cardboard.
11.81 x 15.75 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, inscription on the reverse: "This tempera: Knight saluting the full moon, is an authentic work executed and signed by me, Giorgio De Chirico"  stamp and signature of the Roberto Rotta Art Gallery, read all

Starting price: € 20.000 | Estimate : € 20.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 34.000

Lot 133

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 read all

Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 8.000

Lot 134

HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Study of One Seated and Four Standing Figures 1940
Gouache, watercolors, pastels, chalks and ink on paper.
7.09 x 10.63 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.

Starting price: € 15.000 | Estimate : € 18.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 27.000

Lot 135

MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Study of figures,
Ink on paper.
9.45 x 15.75 in.
Signed lower right recto, label/card with stamps and signature Galleria La Bussola, Turin on the reverse of the frame.

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500

Lot 136

MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composizione 1938
Pencil on paper.
9.92 x 14.76 in.
Apocryphal signature "SIRONI" on the top right recto, on the reverse Two Studies of Compositions with figures, in ink. 
Work archived by Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell' Opera di Mario Sironi, Milano, n° 155/23 RA.  read all

Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 600

Lot 137

MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Cinque composizioni 1942
Grease pencil and diluted tempera on paper.
9.96 x 18.98 in.
Apocryphal signature "Sironi" lower right.
Work archived by Associazione per il Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell'Opera di Mario Sironi, MIlan, n° 156/23 RA.

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 800

Lot 138

MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Untitled 40s
Ink and pencil on paper.
18.50 x 13.19 in.
Work accompanied by authentication by Francesco Meloni on photograph.
 

Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000

Lot 139

MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Figure 1942
Tempera, diluted tempera, ink and traces of pencil on writing paper.
11.34 x 8.90 in.
Apocryphal signature "SIRONI" on the lower right recto, on the reverse, on the cover of the frame, label/card from Galleria Il Girasole, Udine and stamps, Galleria Cadario, Milan.
The read all

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 900

Lot 140

FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Naked 1930s
Watercolor ink on paper Vologne G.B.Paper.
10.08 x 16.77 in.
Work accompanied by authentication by Associazione per Filippo De Pisis, Milan, n° 05905.

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.300

Lot 141

FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Stretched out boy 1931
Watercolor and pencil on paper glued to canvas.
10.35 x 13.50 in.
Faded inscription with dedication and date on the recto. On the reverse on the frame, label/card with stamp and signature of the Galleria Gissi, Turin and unknown hand inscription with title and date.
Wor read all

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.600

Lot 142

FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Misticismo! 1944
Watercolor on paper.
13.86 x 10.24 in.
Signed and dated on the reverse with inscription: "Venezia '44", on the right edge of the drawing, inscription probably by the framer.
Work accompanied by authentication by Associazine per Filippo De Pisis, Milan, n° 05904. read all

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.500

Lot 143

FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Erotic drawing 1930s
Watercolor and grease pencil on paper.
9.72 x 12.44 in.
Signed lower right recto, stamp of the Galleria La Nuova Bussola, Turin on the reverse.
Work accompanied by authentication from the Association for Filippo De Pisis, Milan, n° 05903.

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.200

Lot 144

RENÉ MAGRITTE 1898-1967
Two letters
Ink on paper.
10.79 x 8.27 in.
On the reverse of both inscription: "Je certifie que cette lettre a été écrite par mon mari Renè Magritte, Georgette Magritte, le 31 Mai 1972" (I certify that this letter was written by my husband Renè Magritte, Georgette Magritte, on 31 read all

Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 6.000

Lot 145

RENÉ MAGRITTE 1898-1967
Untitled
Pencil on paper.
5.51 x 3.94 in.
Signed "Mag" lower left recto. On the reverse stamp and signature Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Drawing glued onto cardboard.(1)

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 5.500

Lot 146

RENÉ MAGRITTE 1898-1967
In het bos
Pencil on paper. 
5.12 x 7.87 in.
Signed ‘Mag’ lower right recto, on reverse label Galleria Will Hoogstraate, Amsterdam and stamps, label and signatures Galleria L’Approdo, Turin and stamps Galleria della Trinità, Rome.

Starting price: € 7.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 7.000

Lot 147

FRANCIS PICABIA 1879-1953
Untitled (Letter with drawings) 1946-1949
Ink on paper.
10.55 x 8.27 in.
On the reverse on the drawing sheet dated 5/22/1962 and authenticated by Germaine Picabia.
Letter to Germaine Everling Picabia inside the composition:‘Since I lent my paintings for the show I haven’t heard anything neither from de Galerie, read all

Starting price: € 10.000 | Estimate : € 12.000 - 14.000 | Sold for : € 12.000

Lot 148

ENRICO PRAMPOLINI 1894-1956
Cassandra 1948
Oil on cardboard.
7.87 x 9.84 in.
Signed on lower left recto, on the reverse, by artist's handmade: 'To my dear friend, Joseph Jarema, best wishes for a long fraternal friendship for the year 1948, Enrico Prampolini, Rome 31.12.1947'. On the frame labels / cards Galleria read all

Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 7.000

Lot 149

ARTURO MARTINI 1889-1947
Seated figure 1936
Gouache and ink on paper.
13.23 x 9.65 in.
Signed lower right recto and dry stamp on the top left.

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500

Lot 150

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Nu allongé (Dora Maar) 1938
Ink on paper.
10.63 x 13.78 in.
Signed and dated (27.12.38) upper right recto.
Maya Widmaier-Picasso confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Claude Picasso confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Starting price: € 40.000 | Estimate : € 50.000 - 60.000 | Sold for : € 66.000

Lot 151

JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Paysan Catalan 1930
Paper mounted on cardboard.
24.80 x 18.31 in.
Signed and dated (20.8.30) on the reverse.

Starting price: € 40.000 | Estimate : € 50.000 - 60.000 | Sold for : € 88.000

Lot 152

FERNAND LÉGER 1881-1955
Caillou, pierre lisse 1933
Ink on paper.
12.48 x 9.45 in.
Signed, dated and titled lower right recto.

Bibliografia/Literature
Il disegno del nostro secolo, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milano 1994, pag. 158 e 426 n° 80 (titolato ‘Selce’).
M.Vescovo

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Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 8.000

Lot 153

FERNAND LÉGER 1881-1955
La racine noire 1940
Gouache on paper.
12.72 x 6.77 in.
Signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'FL 40 NY' lower right recto.

Starting price: € 10.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 22.000

Lot 154

PAUL KLEE 1879-1940
Auf Mich Zu! 1929
Pencil and ink on paper mounted on a stretcher by the artist.
11.73 x 17.91 in.
Signed lower left recto, dated, numbered and titled.

Starting price: € 12.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 26.000

Lot 155

PAUL KLEE 1879-1940
Erinnerung an Kairo II 1928
Pencil on paper mounted on a stretcher by the artist.
8.27 x 12.99 in.
Signed and dated upper left recto, titled lower.
Work accompanied by certificate of origin and authenticity on photography by Heinz Berggruen.

Starting price: € 12.000 | Estimate : € 15.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 17.000

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