Sotheby's Milan Contemporary Art Sale Features De Dominicis, de Chirico, and Boetti
Sotheby's Milan holds its Contemporary Art auction on November 2020, following a successful June sale that achieved over €10 million and set a record for Gino De Dominicis. The November session includes 56 lots from Italian movements (Metafisica, Spazialismo, Arte Povera, Pop Art) and international names like Klee, Lam, Calder, Mathieu, Brauner, Bill, Noland, Vasarely, and Katz, mostly from Italian private collections. Highlights include Giorgio de Chirico's Mobili nella Valle (1928, estimate €300,000-400,000) and Interno Metafisico con Officina (1951), Giorgio Morandi's Natura Morta (1946, estimate €600,000-800,000), Mario Schifano's Ossigeno ossigeno (1965, estimate €260,000-350,000) from the Luisa Spagnoli collection, and Alighiero Boetti's tapestry Oggi il trentunesimo giorno dodicesimo mese anno millenove100ottantotto (1988, estimate €300,000-400,000), never before offered. Gino De Dominicis's Senza Titolo (Il Totem) (1994, estimate €130,000-180,000) is also featured. Due to COVID-19, viewing is by appointment only for industry professionals from November 20-26.
Key facts
- Sotheby's Milan holds Contemporary Art auction in November 2020.
- June 2020 sale achieved over €10 million with 89% sold by lot and 93% by value.
- June sale set a record for Gino De Dominicis: Senza Titolo (1992) for €492,500.
- November session includes 56 lots.
- Works from Italian movements: Metafisica, Spazialismo, Arte Povera, Pop Art.
- International artists: Klee, Lam, Calder, Mathieu, Brauner, Bill, Noland, Vasarely, Katz.
- Second part of Fausto Melotti's private ceramic collection included.
- Giorgio de Chirico's Mobili nella Valle (1928) estimate €300,000-400,000.
- Giorgio de Chirico's Interno Metafisico con Officina (1951) estimate €300,000-400,000.
- Giorgio Morandi's Natura Morta (1946) estimate €600,000-800,000.
- Mario Schifano's Ossigeno ossigeno (1965) estimate €260,000-350,000 from Luisa Spagnoli collection.
- Alighiero Boetti's tapestry Oggi il trentunesimo giorno... (1988) estimate €300,000-400,000, never offered before.
- Gino De Dominicis's Senza Titolo (Il Totem) (1994) estimate €130,000-180,000.
- Viewing by appointment for industry professionals only from Nov 20-26 due to COVID-19.
- Article by Cristina Masturzo on Artribune.
Entities
Artists
- Gino De Dominicis
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Giorgio Morandi
- Mario Schifano
- Alighiero Boetti
- Lucio Fontana
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Giulio Paolini
- Fausto Melotti
- Paul Klee
- Wifredo Lam
- Alexander Calder
- Georges Mathieu
- Victor Brauner
- Max Bill
- Kenneth Noland
- Victor Vasarely
- Alex Katz
- Afro
- Josef Albers
Institutions
- Sotheby's
- GNAM (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna) Torino
- Artribune
- NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti)
- Sotheby's Milano
- Galleria L'Obelisco
- NABA
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- New York
- Turin
- Milano
- Venice
- Asia