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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…

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…

Alberto Martini – The Holy Thorns

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…

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…

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…

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,…