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Lot 42 - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Friends at the Café 1930 Ink, pencil and collage on paper - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Friends at the Café 1930 Ink, pencil and collage on paper. On the reverse it bears the label of the "Superintendence of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Scipione Commemorative Exhibition, March April 1954". Label from the Spiga Gallery, Milan. Depicted in the scene, from left to right, Emilio Cecchi, Cardarelli, Socrates, Soffici, Ungaretti, Ruggeri, Longhi, Francalancia, Bartoli, Bruno Barilli. In the publication on Italia Letteraria the work is accompanied by the following caption: "We offer here to the reader's curiosity and intelligence a cast, executed with free good taste by the painter Scipione, of the now famous beautiful painting by Amerigo Bartoli "Friends at the Café ". This painting, already purchased for the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, was today rightly proclaimed the winner of the composition prize offered by the National Confederation of Professional Fascist Unions and Artists." Giuseppe Appella, Scipione, 306 drawings, Edizioni della Cometa, 1984, p. 214 n. 212 Literary Italy, Year II no. 40, Rome October 5, 1930, page. 3 G. Appella, M.F. dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, A. Trombadori, Scipione 1904-1933, De Luca Editore Rome 1985, p. 168 M.Fagiolo dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, Scipione Life and Works Umberto Allemandi Editore 1988, p. 110 no. 144 - illustrated internal page no. 6 N. Vespignani, C. Terenzi, Scipione 1904-1933, Palombi Editori Roma 2007, p. 76 no.19 Scipione 1904-1933, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata 1985 Scipione 1904-1933, Villa Torlonia Casino Dei Principi, Rome 2007 21x46.3 cm - in frame 37.5x52.5 cm

Estim. 8 000 - 16 000 EUR

Lot 43 - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, What happens on the ground floor and in the basement 1930 Indian ink and collage on paper - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, What happens on the ground floor and in the basement 1930 Indian ink and collage on paper On the reverse it bears the label of the "Superintendence of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Scipione Commemorative Exhibition, March-April 1954." In the publication in L'Italia Letteraria the work is accompanied by the following caption: "The affront in today's art of this dark institution to modernity and the creation of our time is clear, which, ironically, boasts an adjective that does not actually mean love for living art. The gheminelle could be aligned and inserted into the Dai Giornali series. Giuseppe Appella, Scipione, 306 drawings, Edizioni della Cometa, 1984, p. 216 n. 214 L'Italia Literaria, Year II no. 45, Rome November 9, 1930 (page 3) G. Appella, M.F. dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, A. Trombadori, Scipione 1904-1933, De Luca Editore Rome 1985, p. 171 M.Fagiolo dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, Scipione Vita e Opere, Umberto Allemandi Editore 1988, p. 129 n. 179 N. Vespignani, C. Terenzi, Scipione 1904-1933, Palombi Editori Rome 2007, p. 77 n. 22 Scipione, National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1954, no. 102 Scipione 1904-1933, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata 1985 Scipione 1904-1933, Villa Torlonia Casino Dei Principi, Rome 2007 28.5x43 cm - in frame 37.5x52 cm

Estim. 8 000 - 16 000 EUR

Lot 49 - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Cain and Abel asleep 1932 Ink on paper - Scipione Macerata 1904-Arco 1933 Cain and Abel asleep 1932 Ink on paper. Title and date "Cain and Abel asleep, '32." On the reverse it bears the label of the "Superintendence of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Scipione Commemorative Exhibition, March-April 1954." Label of the "Exposition Art Italian Moderne a Stockholm et dans le nord de l'Europe, La Biennale de Venise." Label of the XXIV International Biennial Art Exhibition - Venice 1948. L'Italia Literaria, Year IV no. 27, Rome July 3, 1932, page. 3 G. Marchiori, Drawings by Scipione, Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche Editore, Bergamo, 1944, no. 25 Gioachino Belli, The dead of Rome, Milano-Sera Editrice, Milan 1949, page 36 N. Ciarletta, Scipione and the color of Rome, Editions of the Galleria dell'Aquilone, Urbino 1962 (Page 52) Art Criticism Today, Year I nn. 2-3, Rome August/September 1972 (Page 12) Giuseppe Appella, Scipione, 306 drawings, Edizioni della Cometa, 1984, p. 273 no. 271 G. Appella, M.F. dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, A. Trombadori, Scipione 1904-1933, De Luca Editore Rome 1985, p. 184 M.Fagiolo dell'Arco, V. Rivosecchi, Scipione Vita e Opere, Umberto Allemandi Editore 1988, reproduced drawings section at no. 37 M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Roman School, Artists between the two wars, Mazzotta Editore Milan 1988, p. 268 G. Appella, Scipione and Garda 1931-1933, p. 55. N. Vespignani, C. Terenzi, Scipione 1904-1933, Palombi Editori Roma 2007, p. 80 n.26 Retrospective of Scipione, XXIV Venice Art Biennale, 1948 Page 41 n.11 Scipione, Municipal Art Gallery of Macerata, 1948, no. 28 National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1954 no. 130 Scipione 1904-1933, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata 1985 Roman School, Artists between the two wars, Palazzo Reale, Milan 1988 Scipione and Garda, 1931-1933, Civic Museum, Riva del Garda, 1988 Scipione 1904-1933, Villa Torlonia Casino Dei Principi, Rome 2007 27x32 cm - in frame 37x51 cm

Estim. 2 500 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 81 - Arturo Martini Treviso 1889-Milan 1947 Choral 1934 ca. Terracotta sculpture - Arturo Martini Treviso 1889-Milan 1947 Choral 1934 ca. Terracotta sculpture Engraved signature "Martini". Donated by the artist to the journalist and literary critic Enrico Falqui (1901 - 1974), the work was modeled during the 1930s and perhaps used in 1936-37, a period in which Arturo Martini worked on designing the models (dispersed ) created for the Arco della Vittoria Competition to be placed in Piazza Fiume in Milan; competition won by Martini for the great monumental work designed with the architects Mazzoleni and Carminati, but not built (Gatalogo raisonné, Vicenza, Neri Pozza1998 n. 438). It depicts a compact group of twenty female figures in a standing position, caught in the act of singing out loud, huddled together so as to form a block which however is enlivened by the different poses of the individual figures, placed very effectively intuition on a sloping terrace which gives the scene a particular charm and unusual animation (a similar base is found in the Monaca of 1919 and in the Palinuro of 1946). In fact, the choral composition seems to allude to a theatrical scene, as happened in ancient theater, or in any case to a public event. The solution closely resembles other compositions such as the Brigands group (262) proposed in several versions, terracotta and majolica, and the Collegiate group (Catalogue raisonné no. 267), conceived in a circular composition with a void in the center, all works dating back to the early 1930s; finally, the unique terracotta entitled Greek Tragedy (Catalogue raisonné no. 317) also dates back to around 1932, probably connected to the present sculpture if only for the theatrical theme. In consideration of these evaluations and faced with the fact that we do not know the title assigned by the artist for the work in question here, the provisional title of: Female Choir is proposed. The present sculpture will be included in the next edition of the General Catalog of Arturo Martini's sculptures, currently under development. Nico Stringa We thank Prof. Nico Stringa for confirming the authenticity and drafting the description of the work 41x28x19 cm - in glass case 35x48x25 cm

Estim. 5 000 - 10 000 EUR