Edmondo Poletti (Novara 1908-Ghemme (Novara) 1979) Self-Portrait with Palette and Nude 1931 Oil on canvas, 77 x 62 cm Signed and dated lower right: POLETTI / ‘31 A painter and sculptor who was largely self-taught, although showing signs of a culture of European breadth – he made numerous trips and sojourns abroad, in particular…
Giuseppe Mazzullo Graniti 1913 – Taormina 1988 The Horse • 1966 Stone, 52 x 43 x 18 cm (on original pedestal h. 114 cm (total h. 157 cm), probably by the sculptor Franco Cannilla (Caltagirone 1911-Rome 1945)) Bibliography: “Carte Segrete” rivista trimestrale di Lettere e Arti, n. 8; F. Bellonzi, F. Costabile, Mazzullo Autoritratto, Rome,…
EMILIO GRECO (Catania 1913 – Rome 1995) Sybil, 1951 Terracotta, 57 x 51 x 32 cm Signed and dated lower right: GRECO 1951 Provenance: Rome, Riccardo Gualino collection; Forlì, private collection Bibliography and Exhibitions: Wolfgang Braunfels, Meisterwerke europäischer Plastik von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Wien 1958, n. 165; Leonardo Sciascia, Emilio Greco, edited by…
Pieretto Bianco (Pseudonym of Pietro Bianco Bortoluzzi) Trieste 1875 – Bologna 1937 View of New York • 1920 charcoal and pastel on blue paper, 625 x 480 mm Signed and dated lower right: “Pieretto Bianco / N.Y. 19” Bibliography: Disegni del XIX e XX secolo. Catalogo di vendita n. 12 – 1988, edited by Mauro…
Pieretto Bianco (Pseudonym of Pietro Bianco Bortoluzzi) Trieste 1875 – Bologna 1937 View of New York • 1919 charcoal and pastel on blue paper, 616 x 474 mm Signed and dated lower right: “Pieretto Bianco / N.Y. 19” Bibliography: Disegni del XIX e XX secolo. Catalogo di vendita n. 12 – 1988, edited by Mauro…
Ettore Ferrari Rome, 1845-1929 Cum Spartaco Pugnavit 1877 Terracotta, height 36 cm Initialled and dated: “EF 1877” Provenance: Rome, Bruno Mantura collection Bibliography: Bruno Mantura, Ettore Ferrari. Sculture tra il 1867 e il 1880, in Capitolium, XLIX (1974), 7-8, pp. 41-50; Enrico Guidoni, Il gesto della Rivoluzione. Il Bruto di Ettore Ferrari e la linea…
Pietro Dodero Genoa 1881 – 1967 Noon • 1930 ca. Tempera on panel, 50,5 × 154 cm Titled on backside: “Meriggio”
Pietro Dodero Genoa 1881 – 1967 The Dawn • 1930 ca. Tempera on panel, 47 × 162,5 cm Titled and signed on backside: “L’alba/ Pietro Dodero”
Mario Broglio (Piacenza 1891 – San Michele di Moriano 1948) Bathing in the Park (preparatory drawing) 1938 ca. Pencil on paper, 1100 x 1830 mm
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954) Portrait of Vittorio Pica 1912 Pen and India ink on paper, with traces of light green, blue and brown watercolour, 675 x 535 mm Signed in pen lower left: ALBERTO MARTINI and dated lower right: ROMA. INVERNO 1912; title in pen lower centre: VITTORIO PICA On the back, label: Galleria…