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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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
CARLO MOLLINO 1905-1973
Polaroid 60's
Polaroid
4.09 x 3.27 in.
Starting price: € 5.500 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
GASTONE BIGGI 1925-2014
Meuzzin 1996
Oil and sand on woodboard.
9.84 x 6.30 in.
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse.
Work accompanied by authentication from the General Archive of the work of Gastone Biggi on photography, work archived with the following number: 2444.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
UMBERTO MASTROIANNI 1910-1998
Untitled
Mixed media on paper.
26.77 x 40.55 in.
Signed lower left recto.
Starting price: € 200 | Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 850
UMBERTO MASTROIANNI 1910-1998
Untitled 1973
Polychrome silver.
21.26 x 16.14 in.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 850
UMBERTO MASTROIANNI 1910-1998
Untitled 1988
Bronze.
16.54 x 9.06 x 3.15 in.
Work accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph.
Bibliografia/Literature
"La Stampa" 26/02/1998.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
EMILIO SCANAVINO 1922-1986
Untitled (Red with black circle)
Mixed media on canvas.
17.72 x 15.75 in.
Signed twice on the front, with black and white at the bottom right.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.200
EMILIO SCANAVINO 1922-1986
Chiuso in sé 1966
Oil on cardboard.
11.81 x 14.96 in.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse.
Starting price: € 2.500 | Estimate : € 3.500 - 7.000
ARNALDO POMODORO 1926
Edicola Bozzetto 1991
Bronze, ex. 7/9.
17.72 x 9.06 x 2.17 in.
Artwork authenticated by the artist on photo (photographic archive number: 657).
Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 10.000 - 15.000 | Sold for : € 17.000
ARNALDO POMODORO 1926
Gold disc, paperweight 1995
Bronze.
4.72 x 0.98 in.
Edition of 15.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
BRUNO SAETTI 1902-1984
Sun 1981
Fresco on canvas.
10.24 x 12.99 in.
Signed on the lower right recto, signed on the canvas on the reverse, label Galleria Arte Più, Ferrara.
Work accompanied by authentication on photograph from the official register of Bruno Saetti's work.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
ANTONIO CORPORA 1909-2004
La nuova pianta 1977
Oil on canvas.
17.72 x 13.78 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse, signed, dated and titled on the canvas.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000
ANTONIO CORPORA 1909-2004
Still life with fishes 1962
Oil on canvas.
23.62 x 15.75 in.
Signed and dated on the lower left recto, on the reverse label / card with signature Galleria Codebò, Turin.
Provenienza/Provenance
Galleria Codebò, Torino.
Collezione privata, Torino.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000
PIETRO RUGGERI 1930-2009
Green Landascape 1964-1965
Oil on canvas.
31.50 x 23.62 in.
Work accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph, numbered 16120.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
DOMENICO CANTATORE 1906-1998
Green odalisque
Oil on canvas.
9.84 x 13.78 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the reverse, on the canvas: 'Authentic work Cantatore', label / card Galleria Michaud, Florence and signature of Mrs. Michaud.
Work accompanied by authentication on photograph of the artist and authentication
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.800
ALBERTO SUGHI 1928-2012
Due estranei 1982
Oil on canvas.
19.68 x 25.59 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the back, on the canvas, dedication by the artist.
Work accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 3.200
ALBERTO SUGHI 1928-2012
La cena (figures) 1981
Oil on canvas.
39.37 x 31.50 in.
Signed lower right recto. On the reverse, on the canvas, dedication for authentication by the artist and stamps with signature Galleria La Barcaccia, Fiuggi.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 4.800
ALBERTO SUGHI 1928-2012
L'isola 1974
Oil on canvas.
31.50 x 39.37 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the reverse titled, stamp and signature Galleria La Barcaccia, Chianciano Terme.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 3.500
ALBERTO SUGHI 1928-2012
Character 1986
Oil on paper
12.60 x 4.53 in.
Signed lower right recto, signed and dated on the reverse plus dedication.
Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000
ALBERTO SUGHI 1928-2012
Landscape 1983
Oil on canvas
14.96 x 17.72 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the reverse, on the canvas, dedication by the artist to the last owner.
Artwork accompanied by authentication of the artist on photograph.
Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 2.800 | Sold for : € 1.500
GREGORIO SCILTIAN 1900-1985
Still life with books
Oil on canvas.
12.99 x 16.93 in.
Signed lower left recto, with the following writing: "OP. CCCXLI".
Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 11.000
MARIO CEROLI 1938
Adam and Eve 1971
Balsa wood, ed. 83/90
19.68 x 19.68 in.
Signed, dated and numbered on the lower right recto.
Starting price: € 600 | Estimate : € 800 - 1.500 | Sold for : € 600