Ferruccio Ferrazzi – The Horse Track in Villa Borghese
Ferruccio Ferrazzi (Roma 1891-1978) The Horse Track in Villa Borghese Oil on canvas, 73 x 102 cm Signed and dedicated lower right: ‘A Sigfrido Olivieri con schietta amicizia Ferruccio Ferrazzi)
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Vittorio Zecchin – Boat’s wheels of Romagna
Vittorio Zecchin (Venice 1878 -1947) Boat’s wheels of Romagna 1915-20 ca., lean oil on panel, 63 x 63 cm Inscribed and signed backside: Timoni / Romagnoli / V. Zecchin
Achille Funi – Self-Portrait
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…
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…
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,…