20th CENTURY ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 6 November 2019
2.00 pm | lots 1-353; 5.00 pm | lots 354-557
Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17, Turin, Italy
VIEWING
From Friday 1 to Wednesday 6 November (Sunday included), 10.00 am - 6.00 pm
Extraordinary opening on Saturday 2 November 7.00 pm - 12:00 am during the Night of Contemporary Arts
Lot 51
Pola Eros 2005
Polaroid, signed on the reverse. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Bloomsbury Gallery, Turin.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 52
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI 1940
Untitled 2005-2006
Polaroid, signed recto.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 53
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI 1940
Pola Eros, Diptych 2006
Polaroid, signed on the reverse. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Bloomsbury Gallery, Turin.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
CAMERA'S SELECTION
Nobuyoshi Araki became famous for “A Voyage Sentimental” (1971), a series of photos depicting his wife on their
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Starting price: € 700 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.200 | Sold for : € 950
Lot 54
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI 1940
Untitled 2006
Print raised in crayons, signed and dated ' Tokyo 2006' recto.
10.12 x 7.91 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 55
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI 1940
Untitled 2006
Print, signed, dated and numbered 'Tokyo 2006 5/100' recto.
12.52 x 8.58 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 56
Untitled 2005-2006
Print, signed recto.
11.93 x 7.99 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 57
Tokyo Love 2004
Print raised in crayons, signed and titled recto.
11.89 x 7.95 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 58
Untitled 2006
Print, signed on the reverse, signed and dated 'Tokyo 2006' recto.
10.12 x 7.91 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 1.300
Lot 59
NOBUYOSHI ARAKI 1940
Untitled 2005-2006
Polaroid, signed recto.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 620
Lot 60
Untitled 2005-2006
Polaroid, signed recto.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 61
Untitled 2005-2006
Polaroid, signed recto.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 62
Pola Eros 2005
Polaroid, signed on the reverse. Artwork accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Bloomsbury Gallery, Turin.
4.21 x 3.46 in.
Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 63
JOSEPH JASGUR 1919-2009
Marilyn Monroe in Zuma Beach 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto.
7.68 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500
Lot 64
JOSEPH JASGUR 1919-2009
Marilyn Monroe in Zuma Beach 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto.
7.68 x 9.65 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 65
JOSEPH JASGUR 1919-2009
Norma Jeane 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print, photographer's credit stamp recto.
9.65 x 7.68 in.
Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 66
CARLO MOLLINO 1905-1973
Untitled 1960 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print.
4.92 x 6.69 in.
CAMERA'S CHOICE
In the classic way of the author of the "Message from the Dark Room", here is one of his 'for adults' photographs. The voyeuristic and romantic gaze makes clear Carlo Mollino's thought on women and love.
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Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500
Lot 67
Untitled 1960 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print.
7.87 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 1.200 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 68
Untitled 1960 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print.
12.01 x 14.76 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.200
Lot 69
CARLO MOLLINO 1905-1973
Untitled 1960 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print.
12.60 x 14.57 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 70
Untitled
Later photographic print.
7.87 x 9.84 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500
Lot 71
Untitled 1960 circa
Vintage gelatin silver print.
15.75 x 11.81 in.
Starting price: € 1.800 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.800
Lot 72
Table frame 1940s
Twisted glass, brass.
10.63 x 7.87 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 73
Table frame 1940s
Twisted glass, brass.
Minor defects.
10.24 x 8.27 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500
Lot 74
Table frame 1940s
Twisted glass, brass.
10.63 x 8.66 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 75
Table frame 1940s
Twisted glass, brass.
12.60 x 10.24 in.
Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 650