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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Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
Lot 1
PAUL CÉZANNE 1839-1906
Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même 1898
Lithograph on Arches Ingres MBM paper.
25.00 x 18.50 in.
Original lithograph of the Vollard edition printed by Auguste Clot, in grey, in an edition of about one hundred copies in 1920.
Dry stamp of the Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.200
Lot 2
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
La fille 1952
Etching.
16.34 x 13.19 in.
Signed on the plate lower left recto and by hand on the lower right, with the book plate number on the left.
Plate nr. 74 from ‘Les fables de La Fontaine’ Tèriade editions, Paris 1953.
From the print run of 100 albums containing 100 etchings
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 3
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
La chene et le roseau 1926-1929
Etching, ed. 67/100.
16.54 x 13.19 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Sheet taken from the one hundred engravings made to illustrate The Fables of La Fontaine. The plates were engraved between 1927 and 1930 but were printed only in 1952 by Tériade in Paris, in an
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Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 4
UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Gisella, the mother at the table with scissors 1910
Etching on paper.
(5.28 x 4.41 in. plate)
10.24 x 7.28 in.
Hand-signed lower right recto and dry stamp of Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. Signed, dated and inscribed ‘gennaio’ on the plate.
Made in 1907 in 12 copies.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000
Lot 5
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Lot of three volume covers Fernand Mourlot, Picasso Lithographe 1964
Lithography.
12.40 x 19.88 in.
Cover of the volume Fernand Mourlot, Picasso Lithographe I 1919-1947, published in 1964.
Together: Cover of the volume Fernand Mourlot, Picasso Lithographe IV, 1956-1963, lithograph, 1964, 12.40 x 19.88 in.
Lot completed by: Cover of the
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Estimate : € 400 - 700
Lot 6
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
Circus Pirouette 1961
Color lithograph on Arches paper, ed. 30/50.
29.33 x 22.76 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto and dry stamp of Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500
Lot 7
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Bouquet à la pomme 1956
White terracotta ceramic plate with colored engobe and glaze.
9.84 x 9.84 x 0.79 in.
Dated lower recto ‘22.1.56’, on the reverse stamp ‘Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso’.
400 copies.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Lot 8
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Joueur de flûte et chèvre 1956
Partially glazed and painted white terracotta majolica.
10.04 x 10.63 x 0.98 in.
On the reverse stamp 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso'.
450 copies.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000
Lot 9
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Peintre et modèle en robe tricotée, suite 156 1971
Etching, drypoint on Rives BFK paper, ed. 36/50.
9.06 x 12.20 in.
Signed lower right recto on the plate, numbered on the left.
In plate at top left ‘5-7.3.71’.
From the series ‘156 gravures’ made between 1968 and 1972.
Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
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Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 10
GEORGES BRAQUE 1882-1963
Bord de mer Circa 1960
Lithograph, ed. 129/300.
18.31 x 29.53 in.
Signed and numbered lower right recto and dry stamp by Maeght Editeur, Paris.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 11
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Hibou mat 1955
White terracotta ceramic dish, partially incised, with coloured engobe and glaze.
14.96 x 12.20 x 1.38 in.
On the reverse stamp ‘Edition Picasso/Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso/Madoura’.
150 copies.
Estimate : € 12.000 - 16.000
Lot 12
GEORGES BRAQUE 1882-1963
Deux fleurs violettes 1963
Color lithograph on Rives paper, ed. II/XV.
14.96 x 11.02 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, on the reverse label/card from Galleria dell'Incisione, Milan.
Sheet from the edition of René Char's 'Lettera amorosa', printed by Mourlot in 75 copies in Arabic numerals and
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Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 13
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO 1888-1978
Untitled 1948
Etching, ed. 40/89.
12.60 x 9.45 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Lithograph from the rare edition: "La loterie clandestine avec trois lithographies de Giorgio de Chirico, Mino Maccari, Alberto Savinio". Editions de l’Hommage, Rome 1948.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 14
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
L’oiseau dressé 1960
Color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, ed. 63/90.
12.40 x 17.72 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 15
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
L’oiseau destructeur 1969
Etching, aquatint and carborundum on cardboard, ed. 71/75.
28.54 x 37.01 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Publisher Maeght, Paris.
Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity of PICMA, Arte Grafica d’Autore, Verona.
Estimate : € 8.000 - 14.000
Lot 16
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Maravillas Con Variaciones Acrósticas En El Jardín de Miró 1975
Nineteen color lithographs on Vélin d'Arches paper, ed. 45/75.
29.53 x 20.87 in.
Signed by the artist and the author on the colophon.
Book of nineteen lithographs + colophon created by Miró to illustrate Rafael Alberti’s book, enclosed in its original case.
Printed by
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Estimate : € 4.000 - 7.000
Lot 17
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
Madonna di Port Lligat
18K yellow gold, ed. A-284/1000.
23.62 x 1.18 x 1.57 in.
Signature and numbering engraved on the clasp, with the original box.
Long necklace convertible into a choker and bracelet (both signed and numbered on the clasps).
Overall weight gr. 84.46.
Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000
Lot 18
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
La corte del Léon 1974
Pochoir colored drypoint, ed. XVI/LXII.
30.71 x 22.83 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, illegible signature on the reverse.
This engraving is part of the series “Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine” published in 1974 by Robert Mouret, printed by Atelier Rigal, Paris, in an
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Estimate : € 500 - 800
Lot 19
SALVADOR DALÍ 1904-1989
The Curse Conquered (After 50 years of surrealism) 1974
Drypoint etching with stencil on Arches paper, ed. AEA
25.79 x 19.88 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Edizioni Transworld Art, Fribourg Switzerland.
Work accompanied by a certificate of authenticity of PICMA, Arte Grafica d’Autore, Verona.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 20
SERGE POLIAKOFF 1900-1969
Composition brune et rouge XV 1964
Etching aquatint on Arches paper, ed. 1/75.
29.92 x 22.05 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Printed by S. Esmeraldo for the XXe Siécle, Paris.
Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000
Lot 21
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Giocolieri 1982
Drypoint, etching and colour aquatint, XVIII/L edition.
29.92 x 22.24 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, printer's blind stamp, on the back authentication stamp with signature of daughter Marina Marini (sheet 19.68 x 14.76 in.).
Estimate : € 250 - 500
Lot 22
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Marino from Shakespeare II (tav. 1) 1978
Etching, color aquatint on Arches paper on canvas, single edition B. a T.
22.05 x 17.13 in.
Signed lower right recto, with the inscription B.a.T. (Bon à Tirer) on the left.
Estimate : € 450 - 700
Lot 23
VICTOR PASMORE 1908-1998
Point of contact 1978
Etching and color aquatint on paper, edition 38/90
4.80 x 20.16 in.
Signed with monogram, dated and numbered lower recto.
Printed by 2RC, Rome.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
Lot 24
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Quattro teste 1942
Color lithograph, ed. 2/50.
20.67 x 16.73 in.
Signed, dated and numbered lower recto and on the right corner, dry stamp of Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia.
Estimate : € 300 - 500
Lot 25
MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Le baigneuses 1955
Lithograph, ed. P.A.
19.68 x 25.79 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto and dry stamp of the Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia, inscription "eprouve d'artiste" on the left.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000