Giorgio De Chirico's silver-bronze sculpture "Il Grande Trovatore, 1973" is one of the most important works to feature in a stunning 20th Century Art Auction organized by Aste Bolaffi on November 7 in Turin.
The piece has an estimated value of 40,000-50,000 euros.
The auction will be preceded by an exhibition open to the
public which will open Friday, November 3, during Turin's art
week.
The catalogue includes 275 lots selected from prestigious
private collections for a combined total starting price of 1.2
million euros.
Lots range from posters by Alphons Mucha and Leonetto
Cappiello to paintings by Umberto Boccioni, Maurice Utrillo,
Fernand Léger, Filippo De Pisis, Sonia Delaunay and Massimo
Campigli.
The enamel on canvas "Rosso, 1965" by Agostino Bonalumi
exemplifies the codification of a completely modern creative
method developed between the Sixties and the Seventies (estimate
125,000-150,000 euros).
A section of the auction is dedicated to design.
It features a selection of objects by Gio Ponti, such as
"Tavolino Negativo-Positivo" produced by Fontana Arte, which
comes from his apartment in Milan and which was also exhibited
at the Triennale in Milan in 2014 (3,000-5,000 euros), as well
as the iconic "Mamma bottiglia" produced by Domenico Minganti, a
rare example of the series of "living bottles" inspired by
Giorgio Morandi's work (estimate 5,000-8,000 euros).
The catalogue includes some carefully selected pieces of 21st
century art, such as the piece by Colombian artist Oscar
Murillo, "Middle-age-white" (2012), in mixed technique on
canvas, the top lot of the sale (estimate 140,000-160,000
euros).
Last but not least, a tribute to the city of Turin and to one
of its most prominent artists, Carol Rama, with "Composizione
CN3" (estimate 50,000-70,000 euros) and "La Mucca Pazza" of
1998, a symbol of the return to what marked a turning point in
the Seventies: the use of air chambers and seals in the same way
as painting on monochrome canvases (estimate 20,000-30,000
euros).
"The prestige of the selected paintings confirms how the 20th
Century Art Department has been consolidated in just over a
year," said Filippo Bolaffi, Aste Bolaffi Spa CEO.
"With this catalogue our auction house is able to satisfy
every type of art collector thanks to the wide range of works
offered.
"From masterpieces and iconic design objects to multiples
from international artists, everyone can bring home a piece of
twentieth-century history".
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