Paolo Troubetzkoy – Gabriele D’Annunzio

Paolo Troubetzkoy Intra 1866 – Suna 1937 Gabriele D’Annunzio 1911 Bronze, lost wax, with dark patina, 43 x 31 x 32 cm Signed and dated at base: “Paul Troub[…] 1911”; foundry stamp: “C. Valsuani Cire Perdue” Provenance: Italy, private collection The long-lasting friendship between D’Annunzio and Troubetzkoy, witnessed by their meetings, correspondence and a poetical…

Emanuele Rambaldi – Self-Portrait

Emanuele Rambaldi (Pieve di Teco, Imperia 1903-Savona 1968) Self-Portrait 1925 Oil on panel, 45 x 35 cm Signed and dated on the scroll lower centre: EMANUELE RAMBALDI / ÆTATIS SUÆ ANNO XXII / MCMXXV Provenance: Italy, private collection Exhibitions and bibliography: Prima mostra chiavarese d’arte moderna, Chiavari, Palazzo di Giustizia, solo exhibition: Room III, p.…

Edmondo Poletti – Self-Portrait with Palette and Nude

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 – The Horse

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,…

Pieretto Bianco – View of New York 2

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 – View of New York 1

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 – Cum Spartaco pugnavit

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…