Modern and Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Tuesday 8 November 2022, 4 p.m. | lots 1-192
Turin, Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
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Lot 91
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Mountains Mid 1950s
Oil on framed cardboard.
14.96 x 17.72 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the reverse stamp and signature Galleria Milano, Milano and label / card Galleria La Bussola, Turin.
Work accompanied by authentication of Professor Francesco Meloni, Milan 1990.
Estimate : € 6.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 9.000
Lot 92
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Standing man figure 1942-43
Black bitumen and pencil on paper.
16.14 x 10.83 in.
Artwork authenticated and archived on photograph by Professor L. Cavallo, Milan 1981.
Drawing from Variati collection, part of a artworks' group left personally by Sironi to the Variati Family.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 93
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composition mid 1940s
Tempera and ink on framed paper.
15.35 x 19.45 in.
Signed on center right recto, on the reverse label/card Galleria La Bussola, Turin. Artwork authenticated on photograph by Professor Francesco Meloni, Milan 1992.
Estimate : € 7.000 - 12.000 | Sold for : € 6.000
Lot 94
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Composition with white horse ca. 1955
Oil on canvas.
15.75 x 19.49 in.
Signed on the right side of the recto, on the reverse signed and titled on the upper side of the canvas, in the center the initials W.M. (Willy Macchiati). Artwork authenticated on photograph by Professor Francesco Meloni , Milano 1995
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Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 8.000
Lot 95
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
Annibaletto the philosopher (or sailor figure) 1939
Ink on paper.
6.69 x 4.72 in.
On the reverse, by hand: "authentic 'touch in pen' by Lorenzo Viani reproducing 'Annibaletto the philosopher' well known to the Vàgeri group: study of the homonymous painting by Lorenzo Viani himself. Pescia 1966" signature not identified
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Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 96
LORENZO VIANI 1882-1936
The evicted 1909
Ink on paper.
9.45 x 12.60 in.
On the reverse labels / cards of the Galleria La Navicella, Viareggio and of the Galleria La Bussola, Turin and handwritten label: 'published on the monograph October 1965 Galleria Brera at Codebò'. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 97
CARLO CARRÀ 1881-1966
Still life with fish 1963
Greasy pencil on paper.
10.83 x 16.34 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, titled left. Authentication on photograph issued by Catalogo Generale delle Opere di Carrà.
Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 98
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Nude in the fields (or study for shadows) 1951
Pencil on paper.
17.91 x 23.62 in.
Signed lower left recto, La Bussola Gallery label/card on the reverse, Turin. Artwork accompanied by certificate of origin and guarantee of authenticity on photograph with dry stamps and signature of the La Bussola Gallry archive, Turin
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Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 99
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Head of a boy 1950
Sanguine and pencil on wrapping paper.
18.90 x 12.60 in.
Signed lower right recto. Work accompanied by authentication on photograph of the artist's son, Francesco Casorati Pavarolo, Turin 1994.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 100
FELICE CASORATI 1883-1963
Concertino 1959
Pencil on paper.
13.39 x 9.25 in.
Signed lower right recto, La Bussola Gallery labels / cards on the reverse, Turin and the exhibition 'Casorati i Disegni', Palazzo Opesso, Chieri and Palazzo Bricherasio Foundation, Turin. Work accompanied by a certificate of origin and
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Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400