MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
AUCTION
Thursday 19 May 2022, 3.30 p.m.
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Torino
lots 1-184
Friday 20 May 2022, 3 p.m.
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lots 185-388
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Lot 122
UGO NESPOLO 1941
"La vista" ovvero il voyeurismo del Signor Ingres all'interno di un improbabile bagno turco 1974
Inlaid wood.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed, titled and dated on the top recto.
Work expressly performed for the series 'the five senses and the sense of business' by BolaffiArte.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 123
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Cover for Bolaffi n° 8 1971
Mixed media on paper.
9.25 x 9.25 in.
Titled and dated on the reverse.
Original work expressly executed for the 'Arabic Numbers' series by BolaffiArte.
Starting price: € 4.000 | Estimate : € 5.000 - 7.000 | Sold for : € 4.000
Lot 124
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Untitled 1972
Mixed media on paper.
12.40 x 9.25 in.
Signed on the reverse.
Original made expressly for the 'L'Alfabeto' series by BolaffiArte.
Work accompanied by authentication on photograph from the Fausto Melotti archive, Milan.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 125
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Six original drawings with variations of the letter I for the cover of Bolaffi Arte 1972
Mixed media on paper.
13.78 x 9.84 in.
6 original works on paper expressly executed for the 'The Alphabet' series by BolaffiArte, framed in a single whole.
Each is signed on the lower left recto.
The measurements refer to the individual drawings.
Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
Lot 126
FRANCO GENTILINI 1909-1981
Variation of 'Number 3' for the cover of BolaffiArte 1972
Collage and mixed media on paper.
12.20 x 12.01 in.
Original expressly made for the 'Arabic Numbers' series by BolaffiArte.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.000
Lot 127
MAURO REGGIANI 1897-1980
Variation of 'Number 0' for the cover of BolaffiArte 1974
Mixed media and collage on paper.
19.29 x 19.29 in.
Original expressly made for the 'Arabic Numbers' series by BolaffiArte.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
Lot 128
PIETRO CONSAGRA 1920-2005
Fifteen variations of the 'letter L' for the cover of BolaffiArte 1973
Mixed media on paper.
9.65 x 8.86 in.
15 original watercolors expressly made for the 'L'Alfabeto' series by BolaffiArte, framed in a single whole.
The measurements refer to the individual drawings.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.500
Lot 129
ARNALDO POMODORO 1926
Six variations of 'Number 10' for the cover of BolaffiArte 1971
Mixed media on paper.
31.50 x 20.08 in.
6 original watercolors expressly executed for the 'Arabic Numbers' series by BolaffiArte, framed in a single set, signed on the passepartout, at the bottom and titled "Prove di colore per Bolaffi '10'".
The size of each single
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Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500
Lot 130
LUCIO DEL PEZZO 1933-2020
Geometries
Collage and tempera on cardboard.
9.06 x 8.27 in.
Signed lower center recto.
Work accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph, archived under the number G /1513/93.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
Lot 131
GIANNI DOVA 1925-1991
Untitled '70s
Mixed media on canvas.
18.90 x 27.56 in.
Signed on reverse.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000