MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

FRANCO GENTILINI

(Faenza 1909 - Roma 1981)

Cathedral

1961

mixed media on canvas

51x35.4 cm

signed and dated upper left

on the reverse on the framework titled and signed

on the reverse on the framework stamp Galleria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan

Provenance

Fondazione d'Amato, Roma

© GENTILINI FRANCO, by SIAE 2022

GINO SEVERINI

(Cortona 1883 - Paris 1966)

Arlecchino

1942-1943

watercolor on paper

34x25.5 cm

signed lower right

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity on photo signed by Romana Brunori Severini and Daniela Fonti.

© GINO SEVERINI, by SIAE 2022

PIERO DORAZIO

(Roma 1927 - Perugia 2005)

Untitled

1985

mixed media on canvassed paper

43x58 cm

signed and dated lower right

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity on photo signed by the artist in 2002.

© DORAZIO, by SIAE 2022

PIERO DORAZIO

(Roma 1927 - Perugia 2005)

Reticolo

1958

black ink on paper applied on cardboard

33x48.5 cm

signed and dated lower left

on the reverse stamp "Piero Dorazio n.0115"

The artwork is registered at Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan, as from its certificate of photo, release don May 4th 2022.

© DORAZIO, by SIAE 2022

MIMMO ROTELLA

(Catanzaro 1918 - Milano 2006)

Untitled

1990s

decollage and mixed media on canvas

30x30 cm

on the reverse signed and authenticated

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity on photo signed by the artist.

© ROTELLA MIMMO, by SIAE 2022

MIMMO ROTELLA

(Catanzaro 1918 - Milano 2006)

Untitled

1975

decollage, mixed media on canvas

40x30 cm

signed and dated lower right

on the reverse signed and authenticated

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity on photo signed by the artist.

© ROTELLA MIMMO, by SIAE 2022

KETTY LA ROCCA

(La Spezia 1938 - Firenze 1976)

Untitled

1972

mixed media and collage (photocopy, ink, pencil)

20x28 cm

signed and dated lower right

LE CORBUSIER

(La-Chaux-de-Fonds 1887 - Roccabruna sul Capo Martino 1965)
Untitled
lithograph on cardboard
47.4x36.2 cm
example 44 of 60
signed and numbered by pencil on the lower side

© FLC

HENRY MOORE

(Castelforde 1898 - Londra 1986)

Untitled

1980

etching and aquatint on copper plate

69x107 cm

example 10 of 10

signed and dated by pencil lower right

numbered by pencil lower left

printed in one color

ARNALDO POMODORO

(Morciano di Romagna 1926)

Medal

1970

silver

1.2x5.5x7 cm

signed on the edge

two examples

The artwork is registered at Arnaldo Pomodoro Catalogue Raisonée with n. G684.

MAURO STACCIOLI

(Volterra 1937 - Milano 2018)

Prato ‘88

1989

iron and concrete

37.5x76x13 cm

example 42 di 50

under the base signed label

realised by Ditta Orlandi, Prato

VARIOUS ARTISTS (20th century)

S.M.S. (Shit Must Stop)

1968

collection of 73 original multiples (six portfolios)

illustrated paper portfolios in their original cardboard mailing boxes

dimensions variable, 35.6x19.1 cm (each box)

signed and numbered

published by The Letter Edged in Black Press Inc., New York

first original edition

Among the many artist represented are the following:

Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Roy Lichtenstein, Christo, Julien Levy, Ray Johnson, Meret Oppenheim, Dick Higgens, Joseph Kosuth, John Cage, On Kawara, Arman, Bruce Nauman, Mel Ramos, Hannah Weiner, Claes Oldenbug, Bernar Venet, Richard diterHamilton, Enrico Baj, Yoko Ono and Dieter Roth.

Founded in New York City by artist, collector and dealer William Copley, S.M.S. was an art collection in a box, filled with small-scale, often whimsical, artworks available by subscription. Delivering art through the post offered Copley, and his collaborator Dmitri Petrov, a way to circumvent the art market and make contemporary art accessible to nearly anyone.

Inspired by Copley’s mentor and friend Marcel Duchamp’s Boîte-en-valise, S.M.S. was conceived as an inter-media and intergenerational publication that would present artworks by prominent and unknown artists side by side.

The magazine gathered an impressive range including the Surrealist luminaries Man Ray and Meret Oppenheim, Pop artists Richard Hamilton and Roy Lichtenstein, composers Lamont Young and Terry Riley, and an up-and-coming generation of conceptual and post-studio artists such as Joseph Kosuth and Bruce Nauman.

Regardless of stature, each was paid $100 for their contribution. This egalitarian spirit extended to the communal atmosphere of Copley’s upper west side Letter Edged in Black Press loft which functioned as an unofficial hangout for many of the participants.

PABLO PICASSO

(Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)

Le vieux Roi

1963

linocut in five colors

64x53 cm on paper 75x62 cm

signed by pencil lower right

numbered 28 of 160 examples

on the reverse pencil inscription

Bibliography

G. Bloch, Picasso. Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié 1904-1967 , p. 242 n. 1152 (ill.)

© Succession Picasso

ALBERTO BURRI

(Città di Castello 1915 - Nizza 1995)

Trittico

three colored lithographs

24.4x17.4 on paper 43x35 cm

signed and numbered by pencil lower center

example 82 of 90

printer 2RC

© Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini-Collezione Burri, Città di Castello

MATTEO MONTANI

(Roma 1972)

Parole sulla montagna #bw11

2009

oil on sandpaper applied on canvas

81x100.5 cm

on the reverse signed, titled and dated

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

MATTEO MONTANI

(Roma 1972)

Parole sulla montagna #wb-7

2009

oil on sandpaper applied on canvas

81x100.5 cm

on the reverse signed, dated and titled

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

LUCA PIGNATELLI

(Milano 1962)

New York

2010

oil on railcar cover tarpaulin

43.1x31.4 cm

on the reverse signed, dated and titled

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity on photo signed by the artist.

GASTONE BIGGI

(Roma 1925 - Tordenaso, Parma 2014)

Idillio verde - Punto cromie

2008

industrial painting on canvas

80x100 cm

on the reverse signed, titled and dated

The artwork has a certificate of authenticity released by the Archivio Gastone Biggi.

© GASTONE BIGGI, by SIAE 2022

LORENZO BONECHI

(Figline Valdarno 1955 - 1994)

Figure

1988

oil on canvas

137x91 cm

on the reverse signed and dated

on the reverse on the framework label "20-Figura"

Exhibited

Firenze, Galleria Carini, 1989

Valencia, Sala Parpallò-Centre Cultural La Benedicència, 1997

San Giovanni Valdarno, Casa Masaccio, 2002

Bibliography

M. Ranchetti, Lorenzo Bonechi, catalogo della mostra, Edizioni Carini, Firenze 1989, tav. XIII

C. De Marco, Lorenzo Bonechi Pinturas y dibujos 1982-1994, catalogo della mostra, Valencia 1997, p. 56

T. Paloscia, Pensando a Masaccio. L'attualità in Toscana, catalogo della mostra, Firenze 2002, not reproduced

M.Bucci, C. Brandon Strehlke, Lorenzo Bonechi 1955-1994, Pittore di luce, Aska Edizoni, Firenze 2004, ill. pag. 74