Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Tuesday 13 May 2025
From 3.30 p.m. (lots 1-169)
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Wednesday 13 May 2025
From 3.30 p.m. (lots 170-346)
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Lot 31
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Self portrait 1972
Sixteen color lithograph, ed. 83/99
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto and publisher's dry stamp, on the reverse label/guarantee card Edizioni Bora, Bologna.
Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity of PICMA, Arte Grafica d’Autore, Verona.
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Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 32
FRANCIS BACON 1909-1992
Triptych august 1972, parte destra 1979
Color lithograph on paper, ed. 163/180 Edition Lelong, Paris.
35.35 x 24.61 in.
Signed and numbered on passepartout mounted by the artist, on the reverse lower right repertoire number not of the artist.
Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000
Lot 33
ROBERT SEBASTIAN MATTA 1911-2002
El verbo America 1983
Portfolio of twelve color lithographs, ed. XVII/L.
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Each lithograph is signed and numbered lower recto and housed within a presentation bifolio.
Published by Edizioni della Beluga.
A rare complete edition of the 12 original lithographs.
Prof. Giuliano
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Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000
Lot 34
PAVEL MANSUROV 1896-1983
1929-1930 1982
Folder containing eight color silkscreens on Japanese Koki paper, ed. 94/125.
13.62 x 10.24 in.
Each sheet is signed and numbered lower recto, with the publisher's dry stamp on the left.
Fausta Squatriti Editore with a text by Giulio Carlo Argan.(8)
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 35
ANNI ALBERS 1899-1994
Connections/1925/1983 1984
Cardboard folder with canvas edge containing nine color silkscreen prints on Umbria paper, ed. 2/125.
27.76 x 19.88 in.
Complete portfolio, each sheet is signed, dated and numbered lower recto, with the publisher's dry stamp on the left.
Printed by Samuele Villa, Muggiò
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Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000
Lot 36
UMBERTO MASTROIANNI 1910-1998
Plate
Painted pottery, ed. VI/XXX
15.94 x 15.94 x 1.77 in.
Signed on the recto and inscription on the reverse "Opera autentica eseguita da Umberto Mastroianni presso L'Antica Deruta".
Estimate : € 250 - 500
Lot 37
CARLA ACCARDI 1924-2014
La ricerca del colore 1998
Etching aquatint, ed.76/100
27.36 x 38.98 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, on the left dry stamp of the publisher/printer Galleria d'Arte Lombardi, Rome, on the reverse stamp and card of the publisher.
Estimate : € 400 - 800
Lot 38
BEVERLY PEPPER
Untitled (plate 5 from 'Portfolio of six plates') 1966
Color etching, carborundum, ed. VI/XI.
18.46 x 24.80 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, printer's dry stamp on the left.
Edition Stamperia 2RC and Marlborough, Rome.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 39
ARNALDO POMODORO 1926
Spiral 1990-1991
Gilded bronze, ed. 27/30.
7.48 x 7.09 x 5.91 in.
Signed, dated and numbered on the base.
Lost wax casting, Microfonderia Geccherle, Milan
The edition was created for the Together for Peace Foundation in Rome.
Work registered in the Catalogue Raisonné of Arnaldo
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Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000
Lot 40
MARIO SCHIFANO 1934-1998
Monochrome (Self Portrait) 1981-1982
Eight silkscreens and enamel, ed. 33/90
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Each signed and numbered on the reverse.
Each sheet features one of the letters that make up the artist's name, Est, Edizioni Serigrafiche Tacconi, Terni.
The original case, which is missing in this instance,
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Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000