MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
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Lot 51
MIMMO ROTELLA 1918-2006
Natural Wonder 1973
Plexiglass box with magazine clippings, ed. 13/100.
12.99 x 12.99 x 1.77 in.
Signed and numbered on the top recto.
Multiple by Alviani e Pisani Plura Edizioni, Milan, created for Flotta Lauro in 1973.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 52
CÉSAR 1921-1998
The motorbike 1972
Lithograph, ed. 262/300.
19.29 x 25.59 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 250 - 400 | Sold for : € 200
Lot 53
ALLEN JONES 1937
Legs 1970
Vacuum formed acrylic and cellulose, ed 130/2000
24.80 x 14.17 x 5.12 in.
Signed on the reverse on the publisher's label/card.
Estimate : € 1.200 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 54
KEITH HARING 1958-1990
Lot of two screenprints: Fertility #1 1983
Silkscreen, ed. 13/200.
34.65 x 39.76 in.
Signed on the right side recto.
Lot completed by: Fertility #2, 1983, silkscreen, without indication of the printer. Numbered 19/200, 34.65 x 39.76 in., signed lower right recto.(2)
Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 150
Lot 55
ENRICO BAJ 1924-2003
Sir James Scott Duke of Monnouth 1977
Carpet, fabric and medals, ed. IX/XXX
40.55 x 32.87 in.
On the reverse label of the distributor Ars D, Milan, numbered and signed by the artist. Multiple executed entirely handmade in 100 copies in Arabic numerals for the S.I.R. Consorzio Industriale and 30 examples in
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Estimate : € 1.800 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 56
MARIO MERZ 1925-2003
Untitled 1988
Etching, ed. P.A.
9.84 x 7.80 in.
Signed and dated lower recto.
Estimate : € 500 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 57
GILBERTO ZORIO 1944
Il sibilo della canoa 1988
Silkscreen watercolored and hand-inked by the artist, ed. P.A. 1/3.
11.81 x 9.84 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Produced by Gilberto Zorio in seventy-five copies plus three artist's proofs.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 58
GILBERTO ZORIO 1944
Crucible 2003
Lithograph, ed. 53/100.
27.56 x 39.37 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 59
MARIO MERZ 1925-2003
La scala di Fibonacci 1988
Two-color lithograph on tracing paper in display case, ed. 76/150.
34.25 x 24.21 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Printed and published by Noire Editore, Turin.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
Lot 60
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO 1933
Fiat Ritmo 1978
Silkscreen on steel, ed. 274/300.
19.68 x 23.62 in.
Signed and numbered on the reverse on the steel.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000
Lot 61
GINO DE DOMINICIS 1947-1998
Untitled 1972
Silk-screen printing on paper, ed. 10/300.
27.56 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered lower left recto.
Printed by Artestudio, Macerata for Edizione Permariemonti, Rome. Although created at different times and with different print runs, lot 61 and lot 62 form a diptych. The
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 62
GINO DE DOMINICIS 1947-1998
Untitled 1972
Silk-screen printing on paper, ed. 13/300.
27.56 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered lower left recto.
Printed by Artestudio, Macerata for Edizione Permariemonti, Rome. Although created at different times and with different print runs, lot 61 and lot 62 form a diptych. The
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 63
GIULIO PAOLINI 1940
Palais des Thés 1991
Folded lithoscreen printing, ed. P.A.
38.98 x 53.15 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Sizes refer to open lithoscreen printing.
Published in 99 copies in Arabic numerals and 21 in Roman numerals by Noire Editore, Turin, 1992.
An articulated linear path designs the
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 64
ALIGHIERO BOETTI 1940-1994
I mille fiumi più lunghi del mondo 1983
Typographical print on paper, ed. 40/99
31.89 x 54.33 in.
Signed and numbered lower center recto.
Edition of 99 copies produced in 1983 on the occasion of the exhibition "Alighiero and Boetti, I mille fiumi più lunghi del mondo", Franz Paludetto/LP 220, Turin.
The
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Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000
Lot 65
ALIGHIERO BOETTI 1940-1994
La natura una faccenda ottusa (rane) 1992
Silkscreen on paper, ed. 74/75.
23.62 x 47.24 in.
Signed and numbered lower right recto.
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by the Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome, 1992.
Edition of 75 copies published by Studio Fornaresio, Turin.
Work
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Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 66
ALIGHIERO BOETTI 1940-1994
Per nuovi desideri (Nove quadrati) 1979
Watercolor on handmade paper, ed. 36/40.
7.64 x 7.56 in.
Signed and numbered on the upper recto, on the reverse label/card of the Galleria Dè Foscherari, Bologna.
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Rome 2024.
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Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 67
FABRIZIO PLESSI 1940
Lot of six lithographs: Analogie sostitutive Triangolo ABC 2004
Color silkscreen, ed. 72/75.
26.97 x 20.47 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Together: Analogie sostitutive project n° 224 dall'acquabiografico, Color serigraphy, ed. 72/75, 2004, 26.97 x 20.47 in., signed and numbered lower recto.
Together: Grafico umano, Analogie
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Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 68
NICOLA DE MARIA 1954
Elegia cosmica con astri fatati 2003
Screen printing with applications.
19.68 x 15.75 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, on reverse titled and dated on paper.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 69
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Rabanus Maurus De Universo: complete portfolio of the eight works contained in the original box 2003
Screen printing, quartz powder, etching, aquatint, applications of pure gold, ed. XIII/XXV
35.43 x 47.24 in.
Each sheet is signed, dated and numbered.
Printed on Sicar paper in collage with Japòn paper in 50 copies by Arte 3, Milan, published by Waddington Graphics,
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Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 70
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Solone 1990
Screen printing, etching, drypoint, carborundum, embossed, ed. P.A.
62.99 x 88.19 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto. Published in 40 copies by Salland-Van Gelder, Waddington Graphics, London, Stampa Arte 3, Milan.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 71
MIMMO PALADINO 1948
Introibo Ad Altare Dei (B) 1983
6-color linoleumgraphy, ed. 8/65
38.19 x 53.15 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Work inspected only framed.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 72
OMAR GALLIANI 1954
Blu and Red (The Dream of Eurasia n° 6) 2012
Diptych, wooden plates, printed with ultraviolet inkjet technology with hand interventions by the author, ed. 8/20.
The "Eurasia n. 6" is a project of 20 sets.
47.24 x 47.24 in.
Each wooden plate is signed on the reverse on label/card with identification code.
"Eurasi
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.400
Lot 73
TAKASHI MURAKAMI 1962
And then x 6 (Vermillion: the Superflat Meth) 2013
Offset printing, ed. 102/300.
19.68 x 19.68 in.
Signed and numbered lower right recto, titled on the left, on the reverse, label with the artist's symbol and title.
Work inspected only framed.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 74
DAMIEN HIRST 1965
Warhol Factory x Levi's x Damien Hirst 2007
Book (14.37 x 11.42 x 0.98 in.) inside a metal and plexiglass box.
15.75 x 12.60 x 2.56 in.
Levi's created the graphics and the design for the Warhol Factory x Levi's x Damien Hirst collection utilizing reproductions of original works of art created separately by Andy
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Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 75
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Costume tartare n° 156 1924-1925
Watercolor on paper.
12.20 x 9.84 in.
Signed lower right recto, titled and inscribed at the top, on the reverse on the frame labels/cards by the Galleria Martano, Turin, 1970 and by the Galleria La mela verde, Turin, 1974.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000
Lot 76
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Costume simultanée, Portogallo, n° 450 1917
Wax and colored pencils on paper.
15.94 x 10.04 in.
Signed lower right recto with the inscription 'n° 450', on the reverse labels/cards by the Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Galleria Martano, Turin and Galleria La mela verde, Turin.
The drawing is glued on black
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Estimate : € 12.000 - 16.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 77
VITTORIO MATTEO CORCOS 1859-1933
Portrait of Alda Francini Locatelli 1924
Oil on wood.
15.75 x 11.22 in.
Signed lower left recto, dated top with Roman numerals and inscriptions "Alda F. L.". On the reverse, written indicating the name and surname of the subject, but with an incorrect date and various illegible inscriptions.
Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000
Lot 78
ARTURO MARTINI 1889-1947
Horse 1926
Molded terracotta.
22.44 x 14.96 x 8.66 in.
Signed on the base.
The sculpture is part of Martini's research linked to the creation of a series of ceramics to be sent to the Galleria Pesaro in Milan, and born from a desire for looser modeling compared to the construction
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Estimate : € 6.000 - 9.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 79
NICOLAY DIULGHEROFF 1901-1982
Amaro Cora 1930
Pastel and pencil on cardboard.
49.21 x 19.68 in.
Study for advertising, signed upper right recto.
Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph signed by his son, Radoslav Diulgheroff.
Work inspected only framed.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Lot 80
FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960
Untitled 1919-1920
Pencil on paper.
9.25 x 12.80 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
On the reverse on the cardboard label card and stamp of the Galleria Blu, Milan.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.500
Lot 81
RENATO DI BOSSO 1905-1982
Ritratto di mia moglie 1933
Oil on panel.
15.75 x 12.99 in.
Signed lower right recto, 'Movimento Futurista Verona' labels on the reverse, artist's stamp and label of the personal exhibition at the Rizzoli Centre, Milan 1976.
Work accompanied by certificate of origin by Finarte Semenzato, Milan,
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Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 7.000
Lot 82
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
L'orologiaio del villaggio 1924
Oil on canvas applied on a geographical map.
20.47 x 15.75 in.
Signed lower right on the recto, label/card on the reverse with Ex Libris Tibertelli De Pisis stamp (very damaged).
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Associazione per Filippo
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Estimate : € 25.000 - 30.000
Lot 83
ALBERTO SAVINIO 1891-1952
Les Roses 1930
Oil on canvas.
10.63 x 13.78 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the reverse titled and dated on the frame at the top, on the right side: 'Les roses de Marie Rose - 1970 illegible signature', on the left: 'cadeau de Marie Rose a Paulette', label on the canvas /card with
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Estimate : € 30.000 - 40.000 | Sold for : € 34.000
Lot 84
FELICE CARENA 1879-1966
MIchela 1929
Oil on canvas.
27.56 x 19.88 in.
Signed lower right recto, signed, titled and dated on the reverse.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 85
UMBERTO LILLONI 1898-1980
Venice 1931
Oil on canvas.
23.62 x 27.56 in.
Signed, dated and titled lower left recto.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 86
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Female figure 1930s
Watercolor on paper applied to canvas.
25.59 x 18.90 in.
Signed lower center recto, label/card with Galleria La Bussola stamps on the reverse, Turin.
Estimate : € 4.500 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 4.600
Lot 87
FRANCESCO MENZIO 1899-1979
Still life with vase
Oil on canvas.
31.50 x 23.43 in.
Signed lower right recto. On the reverse on the frame, label/card by XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, 1934.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 88
ITALO CREMONA 1905-1979
Reclining nude 1930
Oil on canvas on masonite.
11.81 x 19.68 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 89
SILVIO CECCARELLI 1901-1985
San Giovannino 1938
Bronze.
68.90 x 18.90 x 11.81 in.
Signed and dated on the base.
Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by the Galleria Carlo Virgilio, Rome.
Estimate : € 4.000 - 7.500 | Sold for : € 6.500
Lot 90
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Zucchini 1942
Olio su tavola.
14.37 x 17.91 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse sketch of a painting, portrait of a boy, on which labels/cards XXIII Venice Biennale, Exhibition of Italian Art in Lienz, labels Antichi Maestri Pittori, Turin.
Estimate : € 30.000 - 40.000 | Sold for : € 24.000
Lot 91
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Erotic drawing: man and woman 1930
Watercolor on paper applied to canvas.
10.63 x 8.31 in.
Signed and dated lower left recto, on the reverse on the canvas stamp of the Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Associazione per Filippo De Pisis,
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 92
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Erotic drawing: standing man 1932
Pencil on paper applied on canvas.
10.63 x 8.66 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, on the reverse on the canvas, stamp of the Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Associazione per Filippo De Pisis, Milan,
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 93
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Adorazione 1931
Tempera on paper applied to canvas.
10.59 x 8.58 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, illegible and faded writing on the lower left recto, on the reverse on the frame label/card and stamp of the Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Archived work accompanied by certificate
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.400
Lot 94
FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Tyrolean boy 1939
Oil on panel.
16.69 x 8.54 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Archived work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Associazione per Filippo De Pisis, Milan, 2020.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 95
GIANNI VAGNETTI 1898-1956
The fortune teller 1954
Oil on canvas.
35.43 x 23.62 in.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000
Lot 96
FIORENZO TOMEA 1910-1960
Candele
Oil on canvas.
17.72 x 23.62 in.
Signed lower left recto, signed and titled on the reverse on the canvas.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.700
Lot 97
MEMO VAGAGGINI 1892-1955
Paesaggio dell'Amiata 1940
Oil on panel.
29.33 x 23.03 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, titled on the plate on the reverse and label/card of Galleria d'Arte Doria, Turin.
Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 3.500
Lot 98
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Vita silente 1940s
Oil on canvas.
19.68 x 23.62 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph signed by Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Rome, 1986.
Estimate : € 40.000 - 60.000 | Sold for : € 32.000
Lot 99
FAUSTO PIRANDELLO 1899-1975
Natura morta. 1947
Oil on cardboard.
21.65 x 27.95 in.
Signed lower right recto, signed and titled on the reverse.
On the frame label of the exhibition 'Fausto Pirandello', Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, 1990.
Estimate : € 18.000 - 25.000 | Sold for : € 16.000
Lot 100
FAUSTO PIRANDELLO 1899-1975
Reclining figure
Pastels on paper.
10.87 x 8.46 in.
Signed lower left recto.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500