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 (First Half of 19th Century) Portrait of a Young Man Pastel on paper, 555 × 450 mm Provenance: Milan, private collection
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 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 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 (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 (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 (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…
GIOVANNI DAVID (Cabella 1743 – Genoa 1790) Episode of Ancient History 1780 ca. White and yellow tempera, grey and brownish watercolor, black ink pen, 210 x 320 mm Provenance: Rome, private collection
Salvatore Fergola (Naples 1799-1874) Grotta Bonea at Cava dei Tirreni Circa 1830 Oil on canvas, 20.2 × 16 cm Signed on back of canvas, in pen: “Fergola” Provenance: Rome, private collection Among the canonical destinations of nineteenth century landscape painting in Naples, the cave Grotta Bonea is situated on the route that led to the famous and agreeable sanctuary of Avvocatella near Cava, and was considered a picturesque subject due to the presence of wild, rocky terrain, ancient ruins…