Vittorio Zecchin – Angel
Vittorio Zecchin (Murano 1878-1947) Angel 1927 Polychrome and golden leaf gilded vitreus tesserae mosaic on wood panel, 315 x 60 cm Provenance: Brescia, Villa Perlasca, from the mosaic decoration of the chapel
Vittorio Zecchin – Credenza (sideboard), bench
Vittorio Zecchin (Murano 1878–1947) Credenza (Sideboard) 1920-1923 ca. Black lacquered oak wood with purpura arabesque engravings, 110.5 x 137.5 x 52 cm Provenance: Brescia, Mirko Lupezza collection. Bench 1920-1923 ca. Lacquered and painted wood piece of furniture, 148 x 134 x 56 cm Bibliography: I. de Guttry, M.P. Maino, M. Quesada, Le arti…
Giulio Bargellini – Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait)
Giulio Bargellini Florence 1875-Rome 1936 Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait) 1892-95 Oil on canvas, 21 × 38 cm Signed lower centre: “Giulio Bargellini” Provenance: Rome, heirs of the artist; Rome, Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, 1982; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Pasqualina Spadini, Opere inedite di Giulio Bargellini: oli-pastelli-carboncini-studi di architetture e progetti per mosaici dal 1890 al 1936,…
Giuseppe Piccone – Boxeur
Giuseppe Piccone (Albisola Superiore, 1912 – Albissola Marittima, 1960) Boxeur 1930-35 ca. Provenance: Lombardy, private collection Wood, black paint, cm h. 120 x 82 x 39.5 cm Of the Boxeur by the Ligurian Giuseppe Piccone are known two versions, different for dimensions and pose of the figure. This specimen, the bigger in size, sculpted in…
Alberto Martini – Vanitas with Self-Portrait
Alberto Martini (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954) Vanitas with Self-Portrait c 1920 Pastel on paper, 54 × 46 cm Signed “AM ALBERTO MARTINI” Provenance: Padua, private collection Alberto Martini, the great imaginative designer and symbolist illustrator, who interpreted with aristocratic dandyism the figure of decadent artist, later recognised as precursor of surrealism, also experimented with more accurate and realistic visions in…
Pietro Benvenuti (attributed to) – Portrait of the sculptor Ferdinando Pelliccia (Carrara 1808-1892)
PIETRO BENVENUTI, attributed to (Arezzo 1769-Florence 1844) Portrait of the sculptor Ferdinando Pelliccia (Carrara 1808-1892) in the Carrarese academic uniform with the models of the Cyparissus and the Creation of Adam 1835 circa Oil on canvas, 72 x 58 cm Provenance: Italy, private collection
Giannino Marchig – Portrait of the Painter Gino Parin
Giannino Marchig (Trieste 1859-1933) Portrait of the Painter Gino Parin (pseudonym of Federico Guglielmo Jehuda Pollack, Trieste 1876- Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany 1944) Circa 1920-25 Oil on panel, 44,8 × 47.7 cm Signed top left: “GINO PARIN ESEGUITO DA GIANNINO MARCHIG” Provenance: Italy, private collection Enfant prodige, Marchig trained in the complex and cosmopolitan Trieste of the early twentieth century at the ateliers of Gino Parin and…
Vanni Rossi – Self-Portrait
Vanni Rossi Ponte San Pietro, Bergamo 1894-Milan 1973 Self-Portrait 1922 Oil on canvas, 44,7 × 34,5 cm Signed and dated lower right: “V. Rossi 1922” Provenance: Milan, private collection Considered the last Lombard Divisionist, due to acquaintance in his youth with Alberto Grubicy de Dragon, who also supported him as a patron, with Carlo Fornara and participation in the Divisionist Group at the first Rome…
Piero Marussig – Interior with Masks (and Self-Portrait)
Piero Marussig Trieste 1879-Pavia 1937 Interior with Masks (and Self-Portrait) 1925 Oil on panel, 49.8 × 44.9 cm Signed: “P. Marussig” Provenance: Padua, private collection Bibliography: Alessandra Tiddia, Pietro Marussig, Trieste, 2015, cat. 410. Internationally trained painter, Marussig studied in Vienna, Munich, Rome and Paris and took part in all the most important collective exhibitions of his time in Italy and abroad. Influenced by the Jugendstil –…
Arturo Noci – Girl in profile
Arturo Noci Rome 1874–New York 1953 Girl in profile 1916 Pastel on paper, 54 × 50 cm Signed and dated top left: “Arturo Noci 1916” Bibliography: M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, P. Spadini, L. Djokic (ed. by), Arturo Noci: un pittore tra Roma e New York 1874-1953, Rome 1996, p. 106, no. 196; M. Carrera, Arturo Noci (1874-1953) tra Roma e New York: dal…