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…

Giuseppe Mazzullo – The Horse

Giuseppe Mazzullo Graniti 1913 – Taormina 1988 The Horse • 1966 Stone, 52 x 43 x 18 cm (on original pedestal h. 114 cm (total h. 157 cm), probably by the sculptor Franco Cannilla (Caltagirone 1911-Rome 1945)) Bibliography: “Carte Segrete” rivista trimestrale di Lettere e Arti, n. 8; F. Bellonzi, F. Costabile, Mazzullo Autoritratto, Rome,…

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…

Jean Syndon-Faurie – Studies of Male Heads

Jean Syndon-Faurie (Caniac-du-Causse 1869 – Paris 1937) Study of a male head  1907 ca. Study of a male head with headpiece 1907 ca. oil on canvas, 48,5 x 43,5 cm, each Provenance: Rome, private collection   The life of the talented painter Jean Syndon-Faurie, who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, was awarded…

Giuseppe Siccardi – Self-portrait

Giuseppe Siccardi (Albino 1883-Bergamo 1956) Self-portrait 1943 Colored pastels on black paper, 650 x 470 mm Bottom right: A mio figlio Fermo/nelle speranze per il suo avvenire di uomo onesto- e ricordi suo padre sempre/ G. Siccardi 1943 (To my son Fermo / in the hopes for his future as an honest man – and…

Giuseppe Barberi – Triumph site with ruined arches

  Giuseppe Barberi (Rome 1746-1809) Triumph site with ruined arches 1780-1790 circa Traces of pencil, pen and gray and brown ink watercolor on white paper, framed on blue paper, 237 x 400 mm Entitled in pen, lower left: “Sito di trionfo con archi rovinati”; numbered top right: “20”   Prolific draftsman, Barberi has been defined…