Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Tuesday 12 May 2026, from 3.00 p.m. (lots 1-246)
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Lot 41
MAX ERNST 1891-1976
Forêt à l'aube 1958
Lithograph on Rives paper, ed. 21/75.
25.59 x 18.31 in.
Signed on the plate lower recto, signed and titled by hand lower right, numbered on the left.
Printed by Mourlot for Salon de Mai, Paris.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 42
MAX ERNST 1891-1976
From portfolio ‘Die jagd nach dem snark,’ Lewis Carroll 1968
Lithograph, ed. 94/130.
12.99 x 9.84 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits, Manus Presse, Stuttgart, 1968.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 43
MAX ERNST 1891-1976
Oiseau mère 1972
Etching and aquatint, ed. 31/100.
25.79 x 19.68 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
Estimate : € 600 - 1.000
Lot 44
MAX ERNST 1891-1976
Temps passé 1970-1972
Etching and aquatint, ed. 34/100.
8.66 x 6.30 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
Estimate : € 150 - 300
Lot 45
RONALD BROOKS KITAJ 1932-2007
Mahler Becomes Politics, Béisbol 1964 - 1967
Portfolio of fifteen screenprints, printed in color, ed. 22/70.
35.04 x 1.18 x 25.20 in.
Each sheets is signed and numbered on recto.
Published by Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London.(15)
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
Lot 46
VICTOR VASARELY 1906-1997
Code 1967
Original box with a color etching and book by Jean-Clarence Lambert, ed. 110/150.
14.96 x 10.83 x 1.97 in.
Signed and numbered on the etching.
Published by Le Soleil Noir, Paris.
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000
Lot 47
VICTOR VASARELY 1906-1997
Presenza grafica 1971
Etching and aquatint on a copper plate, printed in two colours on Fabriano Rosaspina paper, ed. 42/90.
27.56 x 30.12 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Editions 2RC, Rome.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000
Lot 48
VICTOR VASARELY 1906-1997
Lot of four lithographs: Untitled 1973
Color lithograph, ed. 81/105.
14.57 x 11.02 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
Together: Untitled, color lithograph, ed. 81/125, 14.57 x 11.02 in., signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
Together: Untitled, color lithograph, ed. 81/125,
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Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000
Lot 49
LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Exhibition poster International Center of Aesthetic Research - Turin 1962
Original poster printed using gold lithography.
39.37 x 26.77 in.
Printed by Gros Monti, Turin.
The central oval cut-out varies from copy to copy, making each poster unique.
Produced for the Fontana exhibition, February – March 1962, ICAR, Turin.
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Estimate : € 800 - 1.500
Lot 50
LUCIO FONTANA 1899-1968
Trophy for Alfa Romeo 1964
Steel.
10.63 x 10.63 in.
Engraved signature on the lower right recto and screwed plaque 'Alfa Romeo, Milano' with dedication 'A Alfonso Thiele per le vittorie sportive 1964'.
This work was commissioned by Alfa Romeo in 1964 and produced in a limited edition to be
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Estimate : € 3.500 - 6.000