Roberto Marcello Iras Baldessari *
(Innsbruck 1894–1965 Rome)
I musicanti, 1918, signed and dated R. M. Baldessari 1918, oil and collage on cardboard, 46.7 x 39 cm, framed
Photo certificate:
Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle Opere Futuriste di Roberto Marcello Baldessari, under the number B18–32, Rovereto, 29/12/2008
Provenance:
Collection Alfredo Hess, Kron, Switzerland (handwritten on the reverse)
Galleria Farsetti, Cortina d’Ampezzo /Milan
Sale Christie’s, Milan, 25/5/2010, lot 201
Galleria Edieuropa, Rome (label on the reverse)
Private Collection, Italy
Exhibited:
Cortina D’Ampezzo/Milan, R. M. Baldessari Opere 1915–1934, curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Galleria Farsetti, December2008/ February 2009, cat. p. 67, no. 26 with ill.
Among the works created around 1917/1918, this painting is one of few examples that were executed using the typical Futuristic technique of mixed media + collage. Its subject is the dynamism of the figures on the street, a very rapid impression of their movement, represented mainly after sunset or during the night in order to obtain the particular effects of light created by street lamps.
30.05.2017 - 19:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Roberto Marcello Iras Baldessari *
(Innsbruck 1894–1965 Rome)
I musicanti, 1918, signed and dated R. M. Baldessari 1918, oil and collage on cardboard, 46.7 x 39 cm, framed
Photo certificate:
Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle Opere Futuriste di Roberto Marcello Baldessari, under the number B18–32, Rovereto, 29/12/2008
Provenance:
Collection Alfredo Hess, Kron, Switzerland (handwritten on the reverse)
Galleria Farsetti, Cortina d’Ampezzo /Milan
Sale Christie’s, Milan, 25/5/2010, lot 201
Galleria Edieuropa, Rome (label on the reverse)
Private Collection, Italy
Exhibited:
Cortina D’Ampezzo/Milan, R. M. Baldessari Opere 1915–1934, curated by Maurizio Scudiero, Galleria Farsetti, December2008/ February 2009, cat. p. 67, no. 26 with ill.
Among the works created around 1917/1918, this painting is one of few examples that were executed using the typical Futuristic technique of mixed media + collage. Its subject is the dynamism of the figures on the street, a very rapid impression of their movement, represented mainly after sunset or during the night in order to obtain the particular effects of light created by street lamps.
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| Auction: | Modern Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 30.05.2017 - 19:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.05. - 30.05.2017 |