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ASTE BOLAFFI 1989
LuIgI ghIRRI
20TH CENTURY ART CÀ DEI CAROLI DALLA sERIE PAESAGGIO ITALIANO
Milan, 8 November 2016
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€ 6.250
silk-screen prints by Warhol, photos by ghirri, ceramics by artist with dozens of telephone bids. The most sought-
Picasso and posters by seneca all together in one sale: the after item was the glazed terracotta plaque bearing the
twentieth century was the focus of the first Bolaffi Twentieth head of woman crowned with flowers (Tête de femme à
Century Art auction organised on 8 November during la couronne de fleurs). It was designed in 1964 and only 100
Turin’s art week. The Piedmont city transforms into a stage numbered pieces were made. It took the silver medal in the
for modern and contemporary art and gathering point for auction classification with a hammer price of 27,500 euros,
collectors and fans from all over the world. five times its estimate. Other important sales in the section
of paintings, drawings and multiple lots included a piece by
This debut marked the beginning of a new direction for Aste the great artist Carol Rama from Turin (untitled), which sold
Bolaffi, where four skilled departments had joined forces to for 16,250 euros and paintings of Russian landscapes from
compose a tableau of expressive styles – painting, graphic between at the turn of the century.
design, sculpture, photography, technology and decorative
arts – that would tell the story of the past century. The stars Top lots from the wide selection of posters, one of the
of the auction, which ended with an overall total of 720,000 auction house’s specialities, included the famous poster
euros, were Pablo Picasso’s ceramics and the great masters of by marcello Dudovich for Mele Confezioni per signora,
the poster from the fin de siècle to the 1970s. The precious lot 1912 (13,750 euros) and the Coppa della Perugina poster by
of 30 ceramics made by the spanish master in the madoura Federico seneca (12,500 euros); in the photography section
factory in Vallauris, south France, was bought in its entirety it was Luigi ghirri’s Cà de Caroli from the Paesaggio italiano
and made a total of over 250,000 euros. series from 1989 (6,250 euro). The cherry on the cake was a
rare technological item: a functioning model of a 128k Apple
A number of largely international buyers contended over the macintosh from 1984, sold at 2,500 euros. It was the first mac
glazed carafes, plates and small sculptures by the guernica in history to have steve Jobs’ signature engraved in the case.
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