Mario Mafai – Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes

Mario Mafai (Rome 1902-1965) Vase of dahlias with bunch of grapes 1954 Oil on canvas, 66 x 50 cm Signed and dated bottom right: ā€œMafai 54ā€ Provenance: Rome, private collection   The painting’s changed colours recall the constant expressive flair of the artist, protagonist with Scipione and his wife Antonietta Raphael of an eccentric line…

Lorenzo Bartolini – Lord Byron

  Lorenzo Bartolini Savignano di Prato 1777-Florence 1850) George Gordon VI Duke of Byron 1822 Dried raw clay (terracruda), h 50 cm Provenance: Milan, private collection   From the sources we know that on January 3, 1822 Byron, then in Pisa, posed for Bartolini who had expressed a wish to do his portrait. The poet…

Romano Dazzi – The Boxer Jack Johnson

Romano Dazzi (Rome 1905–La Lima, Pistoia 1976) Portrait of the Boxer Jack Johnson (Galveston 1878-Raleigh 1946) 1938 Polychrome ceramic, Manufacture Cantagalli Firenze (attribuited to), h. 48.5 cm Signed and dated under base: ā€œF.RE DAZZI 1938ā€ Provenance: Italy, private collection

Laura BelliniĀ – PortraitĀ of a Man

Laura Bellini (Ancona 1915-Rome 1976)Ā  PortraitĀ of a ManĀ  Oil on panel, 50.5Ā Ć—Ā 40 cmĀ  Provenance: Rome, private collectionĀ  Ā  A rare work by this artist, considered one of the last exponents of the Roman School. Contributing to the Mayoral exhibitions of the years 1937, 1938 and 1940 as well as theĀ QuadriennaleĀ of 1939 (Renato Breda,Ā 1890-1940.Ā ArtistiĀ eĀ Mostre.Ā RepertorioĀ diĀ pittoriĀ eĀ incisoriĀ italianiĀ inĀ esposizioniĀ nazionali, Rome 2001,…