Sotheby's Milan Auction Features Fontana, Morandi, Boetti Ahead of miart
On April 12, 2024, Sotheby's Italia will conduct its evening auction for Modern and Contemporary Art in Milan, coinciding with Milan Art Week and the miart fair. Among the featured pieces is Lucio Fontana's "Concetto Spaziale" (1964-65), with an estimated value of €1.2-1.8 million. Other notable works include Fontana's "Concetto Spaziale, Attese" (1968, est. €1-1.5 million), Giorgio Morandi's "Natura Morta" (1958, est. €800,000-1.2 million), along with contributions from Salvo, Alighiero Boetti, Carla Accardi, and Mario Schifano. More than a third of the lots will be auction debuts. Fontana's "Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio" (yellow) will be displayed at Palazzo Serbelloni until April 11, before moving to Sotheby's New York auction on May 15, where it is estimated at $20-30 million.
Key facts
- Sotheby's Italia auction in Milan on April 12, 2024
- Lucio Fontana 'Concetto Spaziale' (1964-65) estimated €1.2-1.8 million
- Fontana 'Concetto Spaziale, Attese' (1968) estimated €1-1.5 million
- Giorgio Morandi 'Natura Morta' (1958) estimated €800,000-1.2 million
- Over a third of works never publicly exhibited before
- Fontana 'Fine di Dio' (yellow) from Rachofsky Collection estimated $20-30 million
- Only four yellow 'Fine di Dio' paintings exist
- Rachofskys have bequest pledge to Dallas Museum of Art
Entities
Artists
- Lucio Fontana
- Alighiero Boetti
- Carla Accardi
- Salvo
- Giorgio Morandi
- Mario Schifano
- Piero Dorazio
- Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Enrico Castellani
- Hans Hartung
- Damien Hirst
- Alex Katz
- Sam Francis
- Manolo Valdés
Institutions
- Sotheby's
- Sotheby's Italia
- Palazzo Serbelloni
- miart
- Milan Art Week
- Salone del Mobile
- Pinacoteca Agnelli
- Palazzo delle Esposizioni
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Rachofsky Collection
- The Warehouse
- Dallas Art Fair
- Dallas Museum of Art
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- New York
- United States
- Corso Venezia
- Palazzo Serbelloni
- Turin
- Rome
- Dallas