MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART May 19, 2022 / May 20, 2022
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 102
CARLO MOLLINO 1905-1973
Untitled 1956
Black and white photography.
5.83 x 4.17 in.
Work accompanied by authentication and registered in the archive of the Casa Mollino Museum with the numbering CM 506.
This photograph is very similar to the one that portrays the same model published in the volume Carlo
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 4.000 - 6.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 103
CARLO MOLLINO 1905-1973
Polaroid 60's
Polaroid
4.09 x 3.27 in.
Starting price: € 5.500 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000
Lot 104
WIFREDO LAM 1902-1982
Untitled 1970
Felt- tip pen on paper.
18.11 x 25.20 in.
Signed, dedicated and dated on the lower right recto.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 105
MIMMO ROTELLA 1918-2006
Untitled (Horse) 1942
Ink on paper.
6.30 x 8.27 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Work archived at the Mimmo Rotella Foundation, Milan and registered n° 1645DI942 / 000.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 106
MIMMO ROTELLA 1918-2006
Untitled 1942
Ink on paper.
7.09 x 9.84 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto.
Work archived at the Mimmo Rotella Foundation, Milan and registered n° 1646DI942 / 000.
Starting price: € 500 | Estimate : € 600 - 800
Lot 107
JEAN TINGUELY 1925-1991
Eur Art
Mixed media, collage, feathers on paper.
8.27 x 11.69 in.
Signed with dedication on the recto in the lower center.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500
Lot 108
FRANCIS PICABIA 1879-1953
Untitled 1940 ca
Pencil and pastel on paper.
13.27 x 10.12 in.
Signed lower right recto: S.b.g. Francis Picabia.
Artwork authenticated by Comité Picabia, Paris.
Starting price: € 6.000 | Estimate : € 7.000 - 10.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
Lot 109
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Untitled 1952
Tempera on paper.
12.28 x 18.23 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, on the reverse the following inscriptions: "Sg. Achille", "M. Bianco", "Casa pp Barolo", "side house". Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code TZO 1950 132.
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000
Lot 110
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Untitled 1954
Mixed media on paper.
9.84 x 13.19 in.
Signed lower right recto, beginning of felt pen drawing on the back.
Work accompanied by authentication from the Fausto Melotti Archive, Milan, archive n ° T2954.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 111
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1955
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.24 x 5.63 in.
On the back of the base 7 black points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT822.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.400
Lot 112
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1958
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.40 x 5.35 in.
On the back of the base 7 white points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT821.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 113
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1960
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.05 x 5.20 in.
On the back of the base 7 blue points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT815.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 114
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1960
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
1.97 x 5.20 in.
On the back of the base 7 blue points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT817.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 115
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1955
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.20 x 5.59 in.
On the back of the base 7 black points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT824.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 116
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1958
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.20 x 5.43 in.
On the back of the base 7 black points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT825.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.000
Lot 117
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1963
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.32 x 5.67 in.
On the back of the base 7 blue points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT818.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.600
Lot 118
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1955
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.28 x 5.67 in.
On the back of the base 7 blue points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT823.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 119
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1960
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.40 x 5.98 in.
On the back of the base 5 points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT820.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 120
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Coppetta (little cup) 1960
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.40 x 5.67 in.
On the back of the base 7 blue points.
Work archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan with the code CT819.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.600
Lot 121
FAUSTO MELOTTI 1901-1986
Two Coppette (little cups) 1950
Polychrome glazed ceramic.
2.40 x 5.67 in.
Lot consisting of two small bowls, the second, restored, measuring 6.2 x 15 cm Ø,
Works archived at the Fausto Melotti Foundation in Milan, the first with the code CT826 and the second with the code CT816.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000 | Sold for : € 4.400
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