MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
AUCTION
Wednesday 15 May 2024, from 3.30 p.m (lots 1-192)
Sala Bolaffi Torino, via Cavour 17
Thursday 16 May 2024, from 3.00 p.m. (lots 201-394)
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Lot 1
GUSTAV KLIMT 1862-1918
Ver Sacrum 1898
Print on paper.
20.39 x 14.17 in.
Magazine poster printed by Verlag von Gerlach von Schenk, Vienna.
The magazine Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring) was the official organ of the Vereinigung Bildender Kunstler Oesterreichs, the group responsible for the Vienna Secession. It
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Estimate : € 13.000 - 16.000 | Sold for : € 10.000 Ordinary vat
Lot 2
THEO VAN DOESBURG (1883/1931) E KURT SCHWITTERS (1887-1948)
Kleine Dada Soirée 1922
Offset lithograph on paper.
11.81 x 11.81 in.
In 1922, Kurt Schwitters and Theo van Doesburg went on tour to spread the "Gospel of Dada". Their chaotic campaign of lectures and performances took Holland by storm, and this poster was their official merch. Like a
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Estimate : € 8.000 - 12.000
Lot 3
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Galleria Beyeler 1970
Offset printing.
37.80 x 25.59 in.
Signed lower recto with colored pencils.
Affiche of the personal exhibition at the Beyeler Gallery, Basel, 1970.
Work accompanied by a letter issued by the Bayeler Gallery as authenticity.
Estimate : € 700 - 900 | Sold for : € 4.600
Lot 4
MARCEL DUCHAMP (RROSE SÉLAVY) 1887-1968
International Armory Show 50th Anniversary 1913 1963
Offset printing on paper.
43.70 x 26.77 in.
Signed and dated (1913 + 50) in the center, Arturo Schwarz's signature in pencil next to the numbering: 11/30.
Estimate : € 400 - 800 | Sold for : € 475
Lot 5
GIUSEPPE CAPOGROSSI 1900-1972
Galleria del Naviglio 1968
Offset printing on paper.
18.90 x 23.62 in.
Signed, dedicated and posting stamp on the recto.
Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 6
ALBERTO BURRI 1915-1995
Burri: Galleria "La Tartaruga 1967
Offset printing on paper.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed recto.
Printed by ALI, Roma.
Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 7
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
McGovern 1968
Color lithograph on paper, ed. EA.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed lower right recto.
Printed by Styria Studio LTD.
Estimate : € 600 - 800 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 8
ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997
Blonde Waiting 1995
Offset on paper.
33.07 x 23.23 in.
Signed right recto.
Estimate : € 800 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 9
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Palazzo dei Diamanti 1975
Offset printing on paper.
39.37 x 27.56 in.
Signed and dedicated lower recto.
Poster of the famous exhibition in Ferrara where the folder containing ten serigraphs entitled "Ladies and Gentlemen", also known as "Drag Queen Painting", was presented for the first time.
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Estimate : € 400 - 600 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 10
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Interview Aretha Franklin 1986
Magazine, 1986.
16.02 x 10.83 in.
Signed on the cover. Dicember 1986 issue of the famous magazine created by Warhol.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 550
Lot 11
ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987
Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981
Stampa offset su carta.
33.07 x 23.23 in.
Signed lower recto.
Poster for Andy Warhol's exhibition at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany featuring the iconic portrait of actress Greta Garbo created in the same year.
Printed by Th. Schäfer, Hannover.
Work
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Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 12
ROY LICHTENSTEIN 1923-1997
The Melody Haunts My Reverie 1990
Color screen printing
26.97 x 23.03 in.
Signed lower left recto.
On the recto evident scratches on the blue part of the right side.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 800
Lot 13
FRANK STELLA 1936
Whitney Museum 1983
Offset printing on paper.
74.80 x 51.97 in.
Signed and dated, with double date '83 and '85, lower right recto.
Printed by Tyler Graphics LTD.
Estimate : € 400 - 600
Lot 14
EGON SCHIELE 1890-1918
Egon Schiele 1890 -1918 1990
Ten lithographs with container, ed.338/600.
25.59 x 18.90 in.
Edition containing ten lithographs, published by Siedler, Vienna in collaboration with the Dorotheum Museum of Vienna.
Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by the publisher.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.200
Lot 15
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
La Mallorquina (costume design for 'Le Tricorne') 1920
Print, edition of 250 copies.
10.04 x 7.20 in.
Dry stamp of the publisher lower right recto, on the reverse label shows 'Les ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilev', Musées de Strasbourg, Ancienne Douane, 1969.
Sheet from the famous edition, printed in 250 copies, of
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Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 16
GEORGES BRAQUE 1882-1963
Pitcher and bird 1955
Etching, colored aquatint, ed. 17/100.
21.65 x 29.53 in.
Signed and numbered on the recto of the sheet and signed on the drawing.
Estimate : € 500 - 700 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 17
GEORGES BRAQUE 1882-1963
Quatre Colombe 1970
Tempera on cardboard, ed. 72/75.
14.57 x 10.63 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 18
GEORGES ROUAULT 1871-1958
Face à face (plate forty of the Miserere series) 1922
Etching, aquatint on Arches paper.
25.20 x 19.09 in.
Signed lower left recto, on the right inscription by the artist's hand: "eau-forte original planche 40 du 'Miserere face à face'".
Work inspected only framed.
Estimate : € 300 - 500 | Sold for : € 425
Lot 19
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
Couple en ocre 1952
Color lithograph on Arches paper, ed. XXIII.
25.79 x 19.68 in.
Signed and dated on plate, signed in pencil on the lower right recto.
Chagall chose this subject for the poster of the exhibitions at the Maeght Gallery "Céramiques et Sculptures" and "Fables de la
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Estimate : € 1.800 - 3.500 | Sold for : € 3.400
Lot 20
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Quelques fleurs pour des amis 1964
Lithograph, ed. 33/75.
16.14 x 12.80 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
From the volume 'Some flowers for friends', printed by Mourlot for the XX Siècle publisher, Paris.
Estimate : € 700 - 1.400 | Sold for : € 650
Lot 21
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Berenar a les roques 1974
Etching, color aquatint on paper Arches, ed. 20/50.
35.43 x 25.20 in.
Signed in plate and in pencil and numbered lower recto.
One of the five illustrations of Joan Salvat Papasseit's poems contained in the portfolio 'Gravats 5 poemas' published by Gustavo Gili,
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Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 22
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Piatto 1968
Ceramic.
9.45 in.
Signed with initials on the recto, inscription on the reverse: "Assiette de Sonia Delaunay a relisé par L. Coppo Barberis, 1968".
Made by L.C. Barberis, Edition Jacques Danase.
Estimate : € 500 - 1.000 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 23
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Lot of three plates Circa 1955
Ceramics, ed. A/4/6.
11.81 in.
Signed with initials on the recto, signed and numbered on the reverse.
Made by L.C. Barberis, Jacques Danase Edition.(3)
Estimate : € 2.000 - 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 24
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Cinéma 1970
Color lithograph, ed. 64/75
21.65 x 29.53 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 25
SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Contrastes 1971
Color lithograph, ed. E.A.
23.62 x 29.53 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto.
Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000 | Sold for : € 1.800