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Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors, Drawings and Multiples
Monday, 08 June 2015, 06:00 pm

Italo Valenti, N. 48

Lot 42

Italo Valenti, 1912-1995 (CH)

N. 48, 1960

Collage on painted chipboard plate.
H 500 mm W 730 mm.

(Original frame). Signed lower right: VALENTI.
Verso signed and dated: I. VALENTI, 1960.
Inscribed: No. 48.

CHF5'000 / 8'000
EUR4'500 / 7'000
USD5'300 / 8'400

Hammer Price: CHF 5'000

Annotation:

Provenance:
Galerie Zwirner, Essen-Köln;
Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich;
Collezione Vercelotti, Pallanza;
Galleria Sianesi, Milano;
Swiss private property.

Exhibition:
Zurich, Galerie Charles Lienhard.
Italo Valenti, 20th July - 20th August 1960. No. 37, illustration; Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1987.

Literature:
Carlo Carena, Stefano Pult.
Italo Valenti, Catalogo ragionato dei collage.
Milano, Skira editore, 1998.
No. C32, illustration.