Irene Valentini Sala – Two Young Guitar Players
Irene Valentini Sala (Milan 1864-1934) Two Young Guitar Players 1932 Oil on plywood, cm 130,3 × 100,3 Signed and dated lower left: “I. Valentini Roma 1932.X” Provenance: Rome, private collection
Elica Balla – Inspiration
Elica Balla Rome 1914-1995 Inspiration 1941 Oil and sand on panel, 78 × 60 cm Signed bottom right: “ELICA BALLA”. Titled and dated on the back: “Inspiration / Spring 1941” Provenance: Italy, private collection Like his sister Luce, Elica carried in her name the futurist blessing of their father Giacomo, who in 1914, the year of her birth, introduced…
Lombard Anonymous – Portrait of a Young Man
Lombard Anonymous (First Half of 19th Century) Portrait of a Young Man Pastel on paper, 555 × 450 mm Provenance: Milan, private collection
Galileo Chini – Self-Portrait
Galileo Chini Florence 1873-1956 Self-Portrait 1933 Oil on panel, 60 × 50 cm Signed at bottom: “GALILEO.CHINI.PIT.CER.FIORENTINO.1933” Provenance: Finarte, Rome, 28-29 April 1987; Farsetti, Prato, 10 October 1997; Rome, private collection A long way from the decorativism of a Secessionist stamp with which he passed the first decades of the twentieth century, reaching high levels of Liberty and Déco expression, in this self-portrait, with…
Mirko (Basaldella) – Portrait of Leoncillo
Mirko (Basaldella) Udine 1910-Cambridge, Mass. 1969 Portrait of Leoncillo 1953/54 Iron, 51,5 × 24,5 × 18 cm (with the plynth h 67 cm) Exhibition label on the back: “33” Provenance: Rome, private collection; Rome, Ovidio Jacorossi collection; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Barbara Tiberi, in Dal Simbolismo all’Astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella collezione Jacorossi, edited by Enrico Crispolti, Rome 2017, pp. 140-141. Exhibition: Rome, Musia, 1 dicembre 2017 – 1 gennaio 2018, Dal Simbolismo all’astrazione. Il primo Novecento a Roma nella…
Arturo Noci – Girl in profile
Arturo Noci Rome 1874–New York 1953 Girl in profile 1916 Pastel on paper, 54 × 50 cm Signed and dated top left: “Arturo Noci 1916” Bibliography: M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, P. Spadini, L. Djokic (ed. by), Arturo Noci: un pittore tra Roma e New York 1874-1953, Rome 1996, p. 106, no. 196; M. Carrera, Arturo Noci (1874-1953) tra Roma e New York: dal…
Luigi Trifoglio – Portrait of the Surgeon Gino Pieri
Luigi Trifoglio Rome 1888-1939 Portrait of the Surgeon Gino Pieri 1931 Oil on canvas, 130.5 × 109.5 cm Signed: “Trifoglio Roma 1931” Bibliography: Gino Pieri, “Luigi Trifoglio ritrattista di medici”, in Nicia. Rivista medica d’arte e varietà, A. X, n. 7-8, Milano 1940, pp. 5-9 (ill.); “Un ritrattista di medici Luigi Trifoglio”, L’artista moderno. Rivista d’arte pura e applicata, 1942, pp. 11-12 (ill.). Interpreter of the return…
Gerardo Dottori – Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli
Gerardo Dottori (Perugia, 1884-1977) Portrait of the Futurist Poet Alberto Presenzini Mattoli Pencil and pastels on paper The practice of drawing – in pencil, pen, Indian ink, pastels and even with a biro – was for Gerardo Dottori a constant throughout his long artistic career. Within this technique cum language, the portrait has a privileged…
Guglielmo Janni – Fragment (Sacred Composition)
Guglielmo Janni (Rome 1882-1958) Fragment (Sacred Composition) Circa 1939 Oil on canvas affixed to panel, 38.5 × 27.5 cm Inscription on the back: Head Print: This painting is the work of the painter Guglielmo Janni. (In marker pen) circa 1930 / In faith: / Libero de Libero / Romeo Lucchese / Alberto Ziveri / Rome,…
Carmine Tripodi – Perseus
Carmine Tripodi (Oppido Mamertina (Reggio Calabria)1899–Rome 1970) Perseus Circa 1935 Boxwood, h 55.5 cm Signed at base: “C. Tripodi” Provenance: Rome, private collection Regularly present at national exhibitions, at the Società degli Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti, the Biennale Meridionale in Bari, the Mostra d’arte decorativa in Monza and the Venice Biennale, in…