Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, the art market is booming and is achieving increasingly satisfactory results all over the world. And the spring auctions of Blindarte arrive in Naples and Milan, a well-established appointment for fans of modern and contemporary art or ancient paintings, antique furnishings, jewelry and design. On Tuesday 25 May, starting at 5.00 pm, at the Neapolitan headquarters of Blindarte, auction 98 of Furniture and Works of Art, Old Paintings, 19th-20th Century Paintings and Jewelery will be held.
The catalog offers in the first part a rich selection of important furnishings and art objects, including a rare pair of Capodimonte porcelain candelabra modeled by Giuseppe Gricci from the first half of the 18th century, a splendid terracotta sculpture attributed to Giuseppe Picano depicting San Giuseppe col Bambino, as well as a varied collection of Castelli and Deruta majolica from private Neapolitan collections. A real gem for Bourbon collectors is the model for the sculpture of the Head of the young Charles III of Bourbon (estimate € 12,000 / 15,000), a unique and unpublished piece.
Following, for the section dedicated to ancient paintings, a refined selection of works of different genre, style and origin will be presented, which will allow the public of collectors and art lovers, more and more demanding, to travel through the centuries and areas. geographic. Among these stands the Judgment of Solomon attributed to Mattia Preti, a work declared to be of interest to the national historical-artistic heritage by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. While of the eldest of the Preti brothers, or Gregory, the Christ among soldiers. Characterized by a splendid drapery and a soft color scheme, the intense San Giovannino attributed to Onofrio Palumbo will certainly be the object of curiosity and study by enthusiasts since, due to the stylistic affinities with the works of Artemisia Gentileschi, probably the result of a collaboration between the two artists in the Neapolitan period of Artemisia. Also worthy of note are the couple of Bacchic Scenes within lush garlands of grapes signed Onofrio Loth and an important sketch by Francesco Solimena. Finally, leaving the Neapolitan area, the protagonist is the English painter Richard Wilson with a preparatory study of the famous painting of the Tate Gallery in London, Lake Avernus.
In the second part dedicated to 19th century paintings, two important Venezie by Rubens Santoro are highlighted; a splendid and many times published Mandorlo in fiore by Giuseppe Casciaro; a rare copper by Gonsalvo Carelli; a nostalgic Mergellina of Anton Sminck from Pitloo, as well as a remarkable series of works by the most famous Neapolitan painters (and not only) of the nineteenth century.
The catalog closes with an important selection of jewels, with objects of particular manufacture and value, including a beautiful diamond ring and a vintage Chimento necklace in yellow gold with diamonds and rubies.
In the auction 99 of Modern and Contemporary Art + DESIGN on 27 May, starting from 6 pm, works of great interest for the most international collecting will be exhibited.
Among the works is without a doubt Riflesso: a five-part painting for two walls, important site work and significant work of Daniel Buren made in 1980 and characterized by its famous vertical bands of 8.7 cm each, in this case blue and white, created on 5 canvases to be installed on the wall with a distance that varies according to the space. The work in fact adapts to the walls: starting from the corner (central element) the installation of the work involves the incorporation of the already short wall and then for the same size of the other wall, with a variable dimension depending on the space in which the work is installed. The work proposed with an estimate on request.
A section of the catalog will instead be dedicated to the works of Jan Fabre, multiple award-winning Belgian artist, one of the most innovative and versatile of his kind. Among the works proposed we mention: De Loyal gids ven de ijdelheid (The Loyal guide of Vanity), from 2016 – Wings of a jewel beetle on wood – great beautiful work on vanity, 227x172x8 cm – proposed with an estimate of € 100,000 / € 150,000. Battlefiled, 1998 – now historic work of the Belgian artist, wax, pigment, wood, lead and scarabs – 100x155x205 cm – estimated 50,000 / 70,000 euros. Vleesklomp (Lump of meet), large work of cm 200x65x30, made in 1997 with scarabs and beetles on wire sculpture. The great and impressive work proposed at auction with an estimate of € 60,000 / 80,000. Een Breinboom, on the other hand, is the title of the work of the highest quality made with acrylic paint on medical silicone and polyester sculpture in 2008 and depicting a brain, a typical and one of the most important subject used by the artist, with a tree full of leaves and fruit on top. colored.
The work of Enrico Castellani entitled Surface white, acrylic on canvas 100×100 cm made in 2005. The work, registered in the Castellani Archive, Milan, highly representative of the research on light which, deflected by positive and negative reliefs made with alternating protrusions, engaged the artist throughout his production and proposal with an estimate of € 100,000 / 150,000.
Also very interesting is a highly representative work of the Italian 1960s: Cinemascope, from 1962 by Mimmo Rotella. The work, created using the famous dcollage technique on canvas, registered in the Archive by the Mimmo Rotella Foundation, Milan, and proposed with an estimate of € 40,000 / 60,000.
Very valid the work of Toni Costa, dynamic visual object serial BG / 65 already gold medal of a national prize in 1965, the year of execution of the work. Made of white PVC on wood in 1965 and measuring 81×81 cm, proposed at auction with an estimate of € 14,000 / 18,000.
Unfortunately recently passed away, but still in great demand, the works of Turi Simeti, its 5 sand-colored ovals, acrylic on shaped canvas, 100×120 cm, are presented at auction with an estimate of € 18,000 / 25,000
A very rare paper with vibrant colors and highly recognizable features from 1946 di Emilio Vedova, the Mixed technique composition about 70×50 cm, presented at auction with an estimate of 15,000 / 20,000 euros. Bende by Paolo Cotani, a very successful work from 1976, estimated at 17,000 / 23,000 euros.
Two works that are both drawings and very rare sculptures of the great Enzo Cucchi, made up of drawings, resins, metals and electric lights. The works dated 1987 and exhibited among other things in Enzo Cucchi’s famous personal exhibition in 1987 at the Beyeler gallery in Basel, are offered for sale with an estimate of 7,000 / 10,000 euros and 10,000 / 15,000 euros.
A gem the work of Laurence Caroll, Untitled (Poem), 2008, made up of several bronze letters that are stacked one on top of the other in a corner and presented with an estimate of 5,000 / 7,000 euros.
Also noteworthy is the work by Gianni Piacentino, entitled Small initialed bar with wing and flames (12), from 1988-90, proposed with an estimate of € 9,000 / 12,000.
The great work of James Brown from 1984, a great graffiti artist very close and united to Basquiat and Keith Haring, who recently passed away. The work already exhibited at the Lucio Amelio Gallery and presented at auction with a valuation of € 25,000 / € 30,000
Also interesting are several works by Stephan Balkenhol, such as Grosses Relief (Frau), 2002, large painting on wawa wood, 240×120 cm – obtained through the carving technique, so dear to the artist, and represents the figure of a standing woman and dressed in a short sleeveless black dress, brown heeled shoes and red lips. The figure emerges from the large orange painted wooden panel, where the veins are clearly visible and characterize the artist’s work.
The important work estimated at 55,000 / 80,000. Other beautiful sculptures by Balkenhol at auction such as Schildkrote of 2002, an imposing monolithic block of wood on which at the top you can see a turtle upside down also carved inside the block of wood. The work h 120 cm estimated 18,000 / 25,000 euros; o Laocon, Balkenhol’s bronze version of the famous Greek mythology, from 2016 and presented with an estimate of € 9,000 / 12,000.
Also interesting is the small section of contemporary African art with, among other things, works by: Seni Awa Camara, Tngatinga, Onyango.
In the very rich photography section, there are splendid works by the absolute masters of contemporary photography: Walead Beshty (Black curl of 2012 – 264×125 cm of color photographic paper, important work estimated at 30,000 / 40,000 euros), Candida Hfer (large shot of the Geological MUSEUM of Madrid I, executed in 2003 – the C.print cm 150×157 estimated 18,000 / 25,000 euros), William Eggleston, Thomas Ruff (mdpn 02 – Naples fish market, large cibachrome of 2002, 100×157 cm – estimated 22,000 / 28,000 euros) , Wolfgang Tillmans (splendid Lap b, lucky photograph in only 3 copies by the brilliant German photographer, proposed at auction with an estimate of € 18,000 / 25,000), Ugo Rondinone (several of his photographs at auction, including I don’t live here anymore of 2001 in edition of 2 copies, proposed with an estimate of € 7,000 / 9,000), Hiroshi Sugimoto, Vera Lutter, Esko Mnnikk, Kudzanai Chiurai (2 splendid large photographs – 180×120 cm – from the estimated Genesis series euro 8,000 / 12,000 each), Boris Mikhailov, Huang Yan, Sergey Bratkov, Aes + F, Pae White and many others.
Also noteworthy is the presence of works by Aaron Young, Piero Golia, Dan Rees, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Fiona Rae, Alberto DI Fabio (his Sinapsi Gialle + Galassie, large Acrylic on canvas, 105×153 cm from 2011 proposed at auction once an estimate of € 8,000 / 12,000), a diptych of Jori, super requested street artist very active in Naples, who pays homage to the great Pino Daniele, the 2 works 120×100 cm each, created in 2019 are offered at auction with an estimate of € 10,000 / 15,000.
The catalog closes with a section dedicated to design, in which the creations of Giuseppe Rivadossi stand out, including the Madia del Sogno, made in national walnut in 2004 and estimated at 7,000 / 9,000 euros and the 1991 Lombard table 250×115 cm in polished oak with top in crystal, estimated at 5,000 / 7,000 euros, finally a rich selection of rugs made by some of the most interesting contemporary artists in edition for Art of the LOOM, including: Tony Cragg, Gunther Frg, Stephan Balkenhol, Jan Fabre, Alessandro Mendini and other.
May 7, 2021 | 4:00 pm
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