Modern and contemporary art

Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the most important categories of works in which Pandolfini auction house is specialized; it’s no coincidence that incredible, and even unexpected, results have been achieved in the Modern and Contemporary Art auctions held in recent years.
Modern and Contemporary Art auctions are held at regular intervals to propose works by leading Italian and foreign contemporary artists, offering one-of-a-kind opportunities for collectors and lovers of art to purchase works of modern art that it would otherwise be impossible to find, if not at Pandolfini’s auctions.  The catalogs of contemporary art auctions propose works of interest of leading collectors in their very best interpretations, coming from several artistic movements that range from Pre-Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism, from Minimalism to Symbolism, Conceptual Art, Dadaism, Surrealism and Futurism, Cubism, Kinetic and Optical Art, Pop Art and Abstractionism, to arrive at Graffitism and the most recent avant-garde movements. 
The Department that puts contemporary art up for auction stands out thanks to its great expertise and preparation, as well as its longtime experience in the valuation of works that are proposed to us. Expressing the market value of a work of art is the responsibility of experts working in the Department.
The valuation is preceded by a phase of in-depth analysis of the artworks, where various criteria of the works themselves are examined, with however the valuation also depending on the current market situation. In any case, the center on which the system of modern and contemporary art converges, in its multiple forms and many facets, is the market of art, the horizon within which the ideals pertaining to traditional collecting can merge with the most recent financial interests. Undoubtedly, today’s art market is characterized by an extremely complex context. It is one of the reasons for which, those experts who provide modern and contemporary art valuations, now more than ever before, are also required to have the skill of interpreting the dynamics of the market in non-exclusively economic terms.
The Pandolfini proposal of works belonging to the sphere of modern and contemporary art accordingly replies to the expectations that derive from the evolution of the present-day art market, where the interests sometimes arrive from a mere passion for art – while at other times, the interest is connected to the rarity of the work, its uniqueness and its non-reproducibility – making it a category of goods perfect for alternative investment. Pandolfini Auction House takes its role as pure intermediary and integrates it with service and consultancy, from the delivery of the works all the way up to the winning bid. In this way, it’s possible to combine the needs of the seller to sell the work of art at the best possible price with the necessary guarantees for the buyer who places the winning bid on a work of contemporary art in Pandolfini’s auctions.
Aside from the ordinary procedures of valuation, acquisition, and the sale of contemporary art, there are other criteria for the historical-artistic, conservative and financial valuation, parameters that allows for an optimization of the results achieved by the works in the contemporary art auctions.  The authenticity checks and the archive procedures, the conservation problems arising from the techniques and materials used, the varying importance of different artistic movements, from historical avant-gardes to newly emerging artistic movements, become indispensable elements for the correct valuation of a work of modern or contemporary art.
Among the works proposed in the recurring auctions of Pandolfini auction house are sculptures, reliefs and bronzes, canvases, paintings and sketches, works on paper, prints and drawings, lithographies, chalcographies, and screen printing - works of extraordinary quality and artistic, aesthetic, and economic value created by the most renowned contemporary artists. Our experts are available for a free and confidential valuation, without any obligation, of your modern and contemporary artworks, with the aim of including them in our auctions.
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Top Lots

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973)   [..]
€ 2.142.500
Sold

Claude Monet

Claude Monet
Claude Monet (Paris 1840 - Giverny 1926)   [..]
€ 1.532.500
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Lucio Fontana

LUCIO FONTANA
LUCIO FONTANA (Rosario de Santa Fè 1899 - Comabbio [..]
€ 1.349.500
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Alberto Burri

Alberto Burri (Città di Castello 1915 - Nizza 1995 [..]
€ 875.000
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Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (Zundert 1853 - Auvers-sur-Oise 1890) [..]
€ 800.500
Sold

Paul Signac

Paul Signac
Paul Signac (Paris 1863 - 1935)   SAMOIS. [..]
€ 715.100
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Giacomo Balla

Giacomo Balla
Giacomo Balla (Torino 1871 - Roma 1958)   FIN [..]
€ 617.500
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia (Paris 1879 - 1953)   LE P [..]
€ 617.500
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GIORGIO DE CHIRICO

G IORGIO DE CHIRICO (Volos 1888 - Roma 1978) Troph [..]
€ 613.000
Sold

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk 1887 - Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1985) [..]
€ 593.100
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Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (Zundert 1853 - Auvers-sur-Oise 1890) [..]
€ 495.500
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René Magritte

René Magritte
René Magritte (Lessines 1898 - Bruxelles 1967) [..]
€ 422.300
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Lucio Fontana

  Lucio Fontana (Rosario de Santa Fè 189 [..]
€ 387.500
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Antonio Ligabue

ANTONIO LIGABUE
ANTONIO LIGABUE (Zurich 1899 - Gualtieri 1965) Lotta d [..]
€ 473.600
Sold
Amount including auction fees

Vassily Kandinsky

Vassilly Kandinsky
Vassilly Kandinsky (Mosca 1866 - Neully-sur-Seine 1944) [..]
€ 349.100
Sold

Antonio Ligabue

Antonio Ligabue
Antonio Ligabue (Zürich 1899 - Gualtieri 1965) [..]
€ 349.100
Sold

Antonio Ligabue

ANTONIO LIGABUE
ANTONIO LIGABUE (Zürich 1899 - Gualtieri 1965) [..]
€ 336.900
Sold

Enrico Castellani

Enrico Castellani       &nb [..]
€ 312.500
Sold

Emil Filla

EMIL FILLA
EMIL FILLA (Chropyné 1882 - Praga 1953) Compo [..]
€ 300.000
Sold

Frantisek Janousek

FRANTISEK JANOUSEK
FRANTISEK JANOUSEK (Jesenny 1890 - Praga 1943) Senza [..]
€ 300.000
Sold

AGOSTINO BONALUMI

AGOSTINO BONALUMI (Vimercate 1935 - Monza 2013) Bian [..]
€ 295.800
Sold

Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin (Paris 1848 - Hiva Oa 1903)   [..]
€ 237.500
Sold

EMILIO ISGRO'

EMILIO ISGRO' (Barcellona Pozzo Di Gotto 1937)  &nb [..]
€ 234.800
Sold

Arnaldo Pomodoro

ARNALDO POMODORO
ARNALDO POMODORO (Morciano di Romagna 1926) Sfera co [..]
€ 225.000
Sold

Serge Poliakoff

SERGE POLIAKOFF
SERGE POLIAKOFF (Mosca 1906 - Parigi 1969) Composizi [..]
€ 206.250
Sold

Arnaldo Pomodoro

ARNALDO POMODORO
ARNALDO POMODORO (Morciano di Romagna 1926) Disco [..]
€ 201.600
Sold

Getulio Alviani

Getulio Alviani (Udine 1939) SUPERFICIE A TESTURA [..]
€ 200.000
Sold

Vassily Kandinsky

Vassilly Kandinsky
Vassilly Kandinsky (Mosca 1866 - Neully-sur-Seine 1944) [..]
€ 200.000
Sold

Giacomo Balla

GIACOMO BALLA
GIACOMO BALLA (Torino 1871 - Roma 1958) Fallimento - [..]
€ 189.000
Sold

Agostino Bonalumi

Agostino Bonalumi       &nb [..]
€ 187.500
Sold
Department Auctions
Contacts
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Susanne Capolongo

Head of department
+39 02 65560807