Modern and Contemporary Art


AUCTION
Tuesday 12 May 2026, from 3.00 p.m. (lots 1-246)
Sala Bolaffi (via Cavour 17, Torino) and Internet Live

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Lot 1

JAMES ENSOR 1860-1949
La Cathédrale 1886
Etching on zinc in black on ivory Japanese paper.
12.20 x 8.78 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto and also in the plate upper right corner, inscription on the reverse. 
Printed by Léon Evely, Bruxelles.

Starting price: € 5.000 | Estimate : € 6.000 - 10.000

Lot 2

SUZANNE VALADON 1865-1938
Catherine s’épongeant 1908
Oil paint and drypoint on Velin BFK Rives paper, ed. 45/75.
18.50 x 14.57 in.
Signed and numbered lower recto, signed and dated on the plate and dry stamp from Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. 
Printed in 75 copies by Jean Gabriel Daragnès for Claude Roger-Marx in 1932. read all

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.000 - 2.000

Lot 3

EGON SCHIELE 1890-1918
Egon Schiele, 1890 - 1918 1990
Original leather folder containing ten lithographs, ed. 272/600.
25.59 x 17.72 in.
Numbered on colophon.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Kunst und Musikverlag Siedler.
The portfolio was produced in 1990 by the Austrian publisher Siedler on read all

Starting price: € 1.500 | Estimate : € 1.800 - 3.000

Lot 4

MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985
L'avare qui a perdu son trésor 1927 - 1952
Etching on Montval laid paper.
15.35 x 11.81 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the left is the illustration number in edition '49'.
From the suite Les Fables De La Fontaine, created in 1927 for Editions Ambroise Vollard and published in 1952 by Teriade in 200 copies on read all

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.200 - 2.400

Lot 5

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Periferia 1908
Etching and aquatint.
9.45 x 12.40 in.
Work accompanied by label/card from L’Arte Antica, il Gabinetto delle Stampe,Turin - Milan.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 5.000

Lot 6

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Maria Sacchi che legge (Maria Sacchi, età 72 anni) 1907
Etching and drypoint. 
19.68 x 14.57 in.
Signed lower right recto, dated lower right on the plate, at the top ''Maria Sacchi, age 72 years''.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.000 - 4.000

Lot 7

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Lago con cigni 1908
Etching.
8.62 x 12.13 in.
Unique state, variant B of the famous and very rare engraving.

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.500 - 5.000

Lot 8

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Testa di bambino che sorride 1910
Etching.
9.84 x 7.48 in.
Signed lower right recto, dated lower left on the plate, clipping from another engraving on the reverse.

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000

Lot 9

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Donna che legge (Ines che legge) 1910
Etching.
9.84 x 6.89 in.
Signed lower right recto. 

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 6.000

Lot 10

UMBERTO BOCCIONI 1882-1916
Piazza del Duomo 1908
Etching and drypoint. 
9.76 x 6.85 in.
Signed lower right recto, titled at the upper on plate and in the lower dry stamp from Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. 

Starting price: € 3.000 | Estimate : € 3.000 - 5.000

Lot 11

GIORGIO MORANDI 1890-1964
La strada 1927
Etching on zinc plate, ed. 33/50. 
12.99 x 19.09 in.
Signed and dated lower right recto, numbered on the left. 

Starting price: € 2.000 | Estimate : € 2.500 - 4.000

Lot 12

GIORGIO MORANDI 1890-1964
Natura morta con sei oggetti 1930-1973
Etching on copper on Japanese paper, ed. 62/120.
9.06 x 10.24 in.
Signed and dated on the plate lower center recto, signed by hand lower right recto, numbered on the left. 
A posthumous print from the original 1930 plate for the volume '50 Watercolours by Giorgio read all

Starting price: € 800 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 3.000

Lot 13

GIORGIO MORANDI 1890-1964
Paesaggio (I stato) 1930 circa.
Etching on copper on Japanese paper, ed. 5/50.
9.96 x 13.78 in.
Signed on the plate upper center recto, signed by hand  lower right recto, numbered on the left. 
The work is accompanied by a letter of provenance from Filatelia Bontadini, Bologna, 1972.

Starting price: € 4.000 | Estimate : € 5.000 - 8.000

Lot 14

LUIGI BARTOLINI 1892-1963
I Fioretti 1942
Etching on Oxford paper, ed. 6/50.
12.32 x 8.90 in.
Signed, titled and numbered lower center recto, in the right-hand corner dry stamp from Libreria Prandi, Reggio Emilia. 

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 1.000

Lot 15

LUIGI BARTOLINI 1892-1963
Il gondoliere 1949
Etching and aquatint, ed. 20/50.
11.81 x 14.57 in.
Signed, titled and numbered lower recto.
The work has been inspected framed.

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 700

Lot 16

CARLO CARRÀ 1881-1966
Lot of three etchings: Casa a Belgirate 1966
Etching and drypoint on paper, ed. 95/125.
4.92 x 6.69 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left.
Printed by Calcografia Camerale, Rome. 
Together: Marina a Camogli (Barche in porto), etching

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Starting price: € 350 | Estimate : € 400 - 700

Lot 17

MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
La lontananza 1944
Lithograph on Marais paper.
11.42 x 15.55 in.
Signed and dated on the plate lower right recto, on the left 'Bozza di stampa da le 'Liriche di Saffo''. 
Imprint in 125 copies from Stamperia del Cavallino, Venice.

Starting price: € 80 | Estimate : € 100 - 200

Lot 18

FILIPPO DE PISIS 1896-1956
Vase with flowers
Etching, ed. P.A
23.43 x 18.31 in.
Signed lower right recto, numbered on the left. 

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 700

Lot 19

MASSIMO CAMPIGLI 1895-1971
Lot of two drypoint engravings: Cantanti (Ex musicis) 1938
Drypoint on Japanese paper. 
4.33 x 5.91 in.
Signed lower right recto and on the plate. 
Lot completed by: Gruppo di donne con autoritratto (Ex libris), 1938, drypoint on Japanese

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Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 450 - 800

Lot 20

MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Apparizione 1971
Engraving on BFK Rives paper, ed. P.A.
25.59 x 19.68 in.
Signed and inscription 'Artist's Proof' on the lower recto.
Edition of 40 copies.

Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 400 - 700

Lot 21

MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
La caduta dell’Angelo 1961
Engraving on paper BFK Rives, ed. P.A.
23.62 x 19.68 in.
Signed and inscription 'Artist's Proof' on the lower recto.
Edition of 40 copies.

Starting price: € 250 | Estimate : € 350 - 700

Lot 22

MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Motività della scena 1960
Etching and drypoint, ed. 8/9 - secondo stato. 
27.56 x 19.68 in.
Signed lower right recto, on the left stamp from Luigi De Tiullio Stampatore and numbered.
The work has been inspected framed.

Bibliografia/Literature
G.

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Starting price: € 300 | Estimate : € 350 - 700

Lot 23

LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (MOHOLY-NAGY LÁSZLÓ) 1895-1946
Mein Name ist Hase (I Know Nothing about it) 1927-1973
Gelatin silver print, ed. 20/50.
19.09 x 14.37 in.
On the reverse label/card from Nachlass Moholy-Nagy with signature and numeration by Hattula Moholy-Nagy, and stamp from Galleria Martano, Torino.

Starting price: € 1.000 | Estimate : € 1.500 - 2.500

Lot 24

SONIA TERK DELAUNAY 1885-1979
Illustration for Le Fruit Permis by Tristan Tzara 1956
Pochoir, ed. 47/60. 
11.02 x 8.86 in.
The lot is completed by the editions colophon signed by the two authors: Tristan Tzara and Sonia Delaunay and numbered.
Michel Tapié Editor, Paris.(2)

Starting price: € 400 | Estimate : € 500 - 800

Lot 25

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Lot of seven litographs from series 'Comédie Humaine' signed: Clown and woman 1954
Colour lithograph. 
10.43 x 13.98 in.
Signed and dated lower recto. 
Together: Man and model, 1954, colour lithograph, 10.43 x 13.98 in., signed lower right recto, dated on the left. 
Together: Harlequin and the Horsewoman, 1954, colour lithograph, 10.43 x 13.98 in., read all

Starting price: € 8.000 | Estimate : € 8.000 - 14.000

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