Giulio Bargellini Florence 1875-Rome 1936 Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait) 1892-95 Oil on canvas, 21 × 38 cm Signed lower centre: “Giulio Bargellini” Provenance: Rome, heirs of the artist; Rome, Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, 1982; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Pasqualina Spadini, Opere inedite di Giulio Bargellini: oli-pastelli-carboncini-studi di architetture e progetti per mosaici dal 1890 al 1936,…
Giuseppe Piccone (Albisola Superiore, 1912 – Albissola Marittima, 1960) Boxeur 1930-35 ca. Provenance: Lombardy, private collection Wood, black paint, cm h. 120 x 82 x 39.5 cm Of the Boxeur by the Ligurian Giuseppe Piccone are known two versions, different for dimensions and pose of the figure. This specimen, the bigger in size, sculpted in…
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954) Vanitas with Self-Portrait c 1920 Pastel on paper, 54 × 46 cm Signed “AM ALBERTO MARTINI” Provenance: Padua, private collection Alberto Martini, the great imaginative designer and symbolist illustrator, who interpreted with aristocratic dandyism the figure of decadent artist, later recognised as precursor of surrealism, also experimented with more accurate and realistic visions in…
Achille Funi (Ferrara 1890-Appiano Gentile 1972) Self-Portrait 1942 Watercolour and pencil on paper, 380 × 310 mm Signed bottom left: “A. Funi” Exhibition labels on the back of the original mount: Galleria del Milione, Milan, 1942, 3069/3; Galleria dei Serpenti, Rome; Finarte, Rome, 1984. Provenance: Rome, private collection After the experience of Futurism, filtered through Cézanne and Cubism, he adheres to the general Return…
PIETRO BENVENUTI, attributed to (Arezzo 1769-Florence 1844) Portrait of the sculptor Ferdinando Pelliccia (Carrara 1808-1892) in the Carrarese academic uniform with the models of the Cyparissus and the Creation of Adam 1835 circa Oil on canvas, 72 x 58 cm Provenance: Italy, private collection
Giannino Marchig (Trieste 1859-1933) Portrait of the Painter Gino Parin (pseudonym of Federico Guglielmo Jehuda Pollack, Trieste 1876- Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany 1944) Circa 1920-25 Oil on panel, 44,8 × 47.7 cm Signed top left: “GINO PARIN ESEGUITO DA GIANNINO MARCHIG” Provenance: Italy, private collection Enfant prodige, Marchig trained in the complex and cosmopolitan Trieste of the early twentieth century at the ateliers of Gino Parin and…
Vanni Rossi Ponte San Pietro, Bergamo 1894-Milan 1973 Self-Portrait 1922 Oil on canvas, 44,7 × 34,5 cm Signed and dated lower right: “V. Rossi 1922” Provenance: Milan, private collection Considered the last Lombard Divisionist, due to acquaintance in his youth with Alberto Grubicy de Dragon, who also supported him as a patron, with Carlo Fornara and participation in the Divisionist Group at the first Rome…
Piero Marussig Trieste 1879-Pavia 1937 Interior with Masks (and Self-Portrait) 1925 Oil on panel, 49.8 × 44.9 cm Signed: “P. Marussig” Provenance: Padua, private collection Bibliography: Alessandra Tiddia, Pietro Marussig, Trieste, 2015, cat. 410. Internationally trained painter, Marussig studied in Vienna, Munich, Rome and Paris and took part in all the most important collective exhibitions of his time in Italy and abroad. Influenced by the Jugendstil –…
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954) The Holy Thorns 1897 China pen on paper, affixed to paper support, 158 x 345 mm Signed and dated lower right on title block: AMartini 97; signed, dated and inscribed on the support, lower left to right, in pen: “ALBERTO MARTINI. 1897. | LE SPINE SANTE | “IL POEMA DEL…
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