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Cambi's Milan Auction Features Kandinsky, Isgrò, and Gilardi

market-auction · 2026-04-26

Cambi Casa d’Aste is wrapping up the year with its final auction for Modern and Contemporary Art on December 18, 2024, in Milan. This event will showcase 180 lots, including pieces from the 20th-century avant-garde to today's contemporary art. A standout item is "Zu oben durch blau," an oil on cardboard by Vasily Kandinsky from 1930, with an estimated value of €350,000–450,000, coming from a Milanese private collection and previously owned by prominent collectors like Heinz Berggruen in Paris. Other notable works include Emilio Isgrò's 1975 installation, expected to fetch €250,000–300,000, and Piero Gilardi's 1989 "Catastrofe," estimated at €70,000–90,000, along with many more by artists like Franz Kline and Keith Haring.

Key facts

  • Auction date: December 18, 2024
  • Auction house: Cambi Casa d’Aste
  • Location: Milan
  • Number of lots: 180
  • Top lot: Vasily Kandinsky's 'Zu oben durch blau' (1930), estimate €350,000–450,000
  • Emilio Isgrò's installation estimated at €250,000–300,000
  • Piero Gilardi's 'Catastrofe' (1989) estimated at €70,000–90,000
  • Franz Kline works from 1952 and 1953 estimated at €80,000–120,000 and €25,000–35,000

Entities

Artists

  • Vasily Kandinsky
  • Emilio Isgrò
  • Piero Gilardi
  • Franz Kline
  • Piero Dorazio
  • Michelangelo Pistoletto
  • Alighiero Boetti
  • Keith Haring
  • Pablo Atchugarry
  • Joseph Beuys
  • Auguste Rodin
  • Heinz Berggruen

Institutions

  • Cambi Casa d’Aste
  • Galleria Gissi
  • Brerarte

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Paris
  • France
  • Turin
  • Torino
  • Barcellona di Sicilia
  • Portugal

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