Italy's Finarte Semenzato
Modern and Contemporary
Art Auction
April 22, 2004 10:30 am and 3:30 pm
Rome - Via Marqutta 54
Finarte Semenzato one of the finest International Auction Houses brings
together Luigi Bartolini etchings, Giogio de Chircio lithographs and
Paintings from Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Joan Mirò for their upcoming Modern
and Contemporary Art Auction. That's only the first sale of the
day.
The Italian painter and sculptor Chircio originated Metaphysical Paintings.
His Gli Archeologi IV is estimated at €7,000-8,000 and is from
the Methamorphsis Paris 1925. Several of this artist's sketches will also
be available.
Title: Due cavalli tra le rovine, 1928-1930
Artist: Giorgio De Chirico (Italian 1888-1978)
Medium: Tempera on Cartoon,
Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 cm
Esimate: € 55,000 - 58,000
Image Courtesy: Finarte Semenzato Casa d'Aste
Il gufo [The Owl] also from 1925 is Luigi Bartolini, an Italian painter, and
writer.
Works from the art collection of Marcello Venturoli, the noted journalist,
writer and art critic form one part of the second half of the Modern and
Contemporary Art Auction.
Many of these works include artist dedications "a Marcello"
acknowledging the close relationship between the critic and his subjects.
Included will be two still lives by Galileo Chini.
This afternoon's auction is comprised of works from 4 collections. The other
three are An Important Roman Collection, Collection of Renato (Righetti) di
Bosso's Heirs Verona and Non-Figurative Art, also a Roman Collection.
Collectors should watch for Antonio Donghi's landscape, Fabbrica di Roma, 1940 estimated
at €38,000-40,000
Casa D'aste
Title: La tartaruga, 1966
Artist: Afro Basaldella (Italian 1912-1976)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 35 x 52 cm
Estimate: € 30,000-35,000
Image Courtesy: Finarte Semenzato Casa d'Aste
Gian Marco Manusardi founded Finarte in 1959 and the auction house held it's
first auction on November 21-22 in 1961.
Paolo Uccello's Santa Monaca e due fanciulli oranti, sold at
Lire 3.075 billion (€ 1,588,363), set an Italian record for an auctioned work
of art is one of the many successes in the history of the Auction House.
Recently, in 2002, Semenzato Casa d'Aste was merged into Finarte forming
Finarte Semenzato Casa d'Aste.
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