Finarte is getting ready for its fifth auction dedicated to modern and contemporary art, which will be held on 16th June at the auction house venue in Milan, via dei Bossi 2, preceded by an auction, also of modern and contemporary art, to be held at the venue in Venice on 6th and 7th June.
After ending 2008 on a high note with a turnover which was not affected by the crisis, and to which the modern art sector gave an important contribution, Finarte auction house has continued meeting with success even at the 2009 auctions. The last antiques auctions alone, held in May, saw the triumph of a canvas by Guercino, sold for 301.750€. After all this approval by collectors it seems easy to predict that that the next Milanese auction, with a rich catalogue featuring 261 lots, will be equally appreciated. Paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphic works signed by renowned artist of the Italian and foreign art scene have been carefully selected to satisfy the current market trends. The most significant works include those of very popular artists at this year’s auctions: De Chirico and the futurists, for whom many exhibitions held on the occasion of the movement’s centenary have reawakened a certain interest. Interesting two compositions by De Chirico, Piazza d’Italia with monument of Cavour, dated from 1949 (estimate 100-140,000 euros) and Cavalli con cani (Horses with dogs), dated from the late ’50s (estimate 50-70,000 euros). Among the futurists the most important presence is that of Fortunato Depero, who with eleven lots and accessible estimates, will certainly be appreciated. Some of his most interesting lots are: Martellatore + paesaggio rustico (Hammerer + rustic landscape), charcoal on cardboard from 1944-45 (estimate 15-18,000 euros), a pencil and China ink with watercolours on paper transferred to cardboard entitled Nucleo mattutino (Morning nucleus), dated from 1951-52 (estimate 12-14,000 euros) and a Futurist Depero dated from 1927 (estimate 8-10,000 euros), commonly known with the name of “Libro Bullonato” (Bolted Book) due to the original front cover which encloses an important initiative by the artist, both from a graphical and an ideological point of view. By Depero also some curious works like Pappagallo and Macaco (Parrot and Macaque), each with an estimate of 6,000-8,000 euros, precious compositions of coloured fabrics, made since 1917 thanks to the recycling of numerous coloured cloths, left unused after the failure of the project for the Russian Ballets. Futurism is also at the centre of attention for artistic products of singular making: a pair of lampshades by Giacomo Balla – watercolour on parchment and enamel on parchment, realised in 1921 for the nightclub Bal Tik Tak – will be offered with an estimate of 30-35,000 euros. Thanks to a rediscovered appreciation of the artistic movement even the estimates of its various representatives are in ferment, and therefore it is advisable to target them: on the rise also the quotations of Tullio Crali, Alessandro Bruschetti, Antonio Marasco, Benedetta Cappa, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s wife, Nicolaj Diulgheroff and Giulio D’Anna.
Timeless and reconfirmed the approval for the master Lucio Fontana, considered in Italy as well as abroad one of the most important promoters of the innovative studies on space in art. A trio of works by Fontana is ready to thrash the other lots at auction with important estimates: Concetto Spaziale from around 1960-61 (oil on canvas, silver, estimate 300-350,000 euros), a very rare, maybe unique, Concetto Spaziale -Teatrino from 1964, water paint and incisions on red canvas and white lacquered wood (estimate 220-280,000 euros) and finally Concetto Spaziale from 1962 (oil on canvas, silver, estimate 160-190,000 euros).
Of the works by International artists the one which stands out is Cantique, an oil on plaster transferred to canvas, executed around 1923 by Max Ernst (estimate: 180-250,000 euros). The work was realised during the artist’s stay at Paul Eluard’s house in Eaubonne, not far from the forest of Montmorency: Ernst painted the interior walls of the house which then, before the war, was handed over to new owners and the walls were covered with wallpaper. Towards the end of the 1960s, a part of the paintings were retrieved, bringing to light a precious piece of artistic evidence of the painter in a crucial period of his activity.
People passionate about drawings will certainly appreciate two lots by Juan Gris: Bal Mousette ou casque d’or (Project for illustration), from around 1912, a China ink on paper applied onto cardboard, evaluated with an estimate of 40-45,000 euros, and Two doctors, from 1909-10 (pastel and China ink with watercolour on paper, estimate 20-25,000 euros).
At auction also a surprise, some illustrations by Dino Buzzati, renowned writer but less known as a painter and illustrator, though very appreciated. His fervid imagination and his poetic inclination are enclosed in these three pieces which have accessible prices: La gattona from 1965, (acrylic on canvas, estimate 5-7,000 euros), Untitled, from 1969 (acrylic and China ink on canvas, estimate 4-6,000 euros), Faccia di donna (Woman’s face), from 1965 (acrylic on canvas, estimate 3-5,000 euros).
To view the whole auction: http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/private/finarte/2009/6/16/1450527964/
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