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Written by: Elena Lanzanova
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Modern And Contemporary Auction At Blindarte
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Wednesday 17 December 2008
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In times of economic crisis, as the one we are experiencing, we increasingly feel the need to save our resources, by investing them in a safe and possibly profitable way. The best thing to do is to invest in a work of art. Of course, the climate that the art market is facing is not the best. All the great experts are giving their opinion but they are also asking important questions.
An uncertainty that continues to spread, mainly due to the mediocre quotations realised in this period. Perhaps, hard times will come. The true values of the market will be redefined. In this phase of transformation and consolidation it is hoped that the art market becomes less élitist, and that even the average collectors starts to emerge.
A suggestion that one could go by is to observe the “average” market and not the “high” one proposed by the great international leaders. To watch out for the less sensational sales, which in their own small way can bring completely new benefits to this economic sector. Among these we recommend a sale scheduled at Blindarte in Naples for the 18th December 2008. “Arte Moderna e Contemporanea” is a favourable occasion to make lucrative bargains, thanks to a catalogue of about 430 lots of great aesthetic refinement and thanks to some offers at very appealing prices.
At auction there will be works by great artists, like Mimmo Rotella, Alighiero Boetti, Mario Schifano, Tano Festa, Giulio Turcato, Carla Accardi, Mimmo Paladino, Sandro Chia, Michelangelo Pistoletto. And then Louise Nevelson, Man Ray, Arman, Hermann Nitsch, Jannis Kounellis, Matta and many more.
Protagonist of the auction is a particularly prestigious painting: “Cavalli in riva al mare” (Horses on the seashore), an oil on canvas realised by Giorgio De Chirico in 1948 that will start from an estimate between 80 and 100 thousand euros. A work that is extremely appreciated in Japanese museums like the Chiba Perfectural Museum of art, the Teien museum of Tokyo, the Navio museum of Osaka and comes from prestigious collections, like the Bergamasque Angela Corti or the Turinese Arturo Bottello.
Another flagship of this sale is a mixed technique on heavy cardboard, proposed to the audience with a valuation of 35-45 thousand euros, by Alberto Savinio, pseudonym of Alberto de Chirico, Giorgio’s brother, polyhedric artist who was able to undertake with equal success painting, essay writing and theatre and musical composing, and the work presented is a worthy demonstration of this versatility.
We should also mention a masterpiece from the Thirties by Emilio Notte, exhibited at the Venice Biennial in 1932 and at the Rome Quadrennial in 1936. The oil on canvas “Nello Studio” is proposed with an estimate between 18-22 thousand euros. Besides a small drawing by Umberto Boccioni entitled “Testa femminile” (Female head) (estimate 16-22 thousand euros) and a painting by Fortunato Depero entitled “Progetto di Poltrona e Piano Tavolo della Presidenza per la Sala del Consiglio Provinciale di Trento” (Project for the Seat and Table of Chairmanship for the Provincial Council Hall of Trento) (estimate 20-24 thousand euros), even a figurative drawing dated 1925 by Yves Tanguy “Couple Apache” estimated at 10-15 thousand euros.
A marvellous oil on canvas is also Renato Guttuso’s piece “Pergolato con Viti” (Bower with vines) realised in Torre del Greco on the 1st August 1951 and estimated at 22-26 thousand euros.
International highlights include three serigraphies by American Pop-Art protagonists: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtestein. By Warhol there is the famous “Marylin Monroe” dated 1967 and the “Vesuvius”, pop icons par excellence, works which both come from the Galleria Lucio Amelio of Naples. The works are valued at 40-60 thousand euros each. By Roy Lichtestein “Reverie” will be presented, a serigraphy made of 200 samples from 1965 and included in the famous file 11 POP artists, considered by many the American Pop Art manifesto in the world.
At auction there will also be 4 black and white photos, unique works by Robert Rauschenberg, executed during one of his stays in Naples in the Thirties.
The importance of the winter session is guaranteed by the presence of “Concetto Spaziale” (Spatial Concept), a red watercolour on paper, estimated at 45-65 thousand euros by Lucio Fontana, founder of the Spatial movement, work on paper which represents his most original invention; and “Immagine del tempo” (Image of time) by Emilio Vedova, rare work on cardboard dated 1959, estimated between 50 and 70 thousand euros.
We should also point out “Palette Roland Topor”, an assemblage executed in 1990 in Paris by Daniel Spoerri, artist who reached fame thanks to his tableaux-pièges of the French period, the so-called “trap-paintings” from which the artist was no longer able to “free” himself; the work will be presented with a valuation between 35 and 45 thousand euros.
A particular mention also goes to a work by Julian Schnabel, an exclusive work on mattress dated 1987 proposed with an estimate of 70-90 thousand euros, created as a tribute to the famous artist Diego Rivera and which comes from Tony Shafrazi’s gallery in New York.
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