Gastone Novelli

Senza Titolo

Found at Sothebys, Milan
Modern & Contemporary Art Online, Lot 31
22. Oct - 22. Oct 2018
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 EUR
Price realised: 7.250 EUR
Gastone Novelli
1925 - 1968
SENZA TITOLO
signed and dated 62, crayons, charcoal, ink and vinyl tempera. This work is registered in the Archivio Gastone Novelli, Rome, with the no. 3116221C475665 and it is accompanied by a photo-certificate
(firmato e datato 62, pastelli colorati, carboncino, inchiostro e tempera vinilica. Quest'opera è registrata presso l'Archivio Gastone Novelli, Roma, con il n. 3116221C475665 ed è accompagnata da certificato su fotografia)
Maurizio Calvesi defined this period of Novelli’s career as the “magnificent years”. This mixed media work on paper is an excellent example of the artist’s poetic research inasmuch as it contains a geometrical arrangement of numbers (both Roman and Arabic) and of checkered boxes. This drawing resembles a grid for ‘hopscotch’, the universal child’s playground game played by all generations.
(Maurizio Calvesi chiama “anni fastosi” il periodo cui risale questo particolare disegno di Novelli. Una tecnica mista che racchiude nei suoi quattro lati tutti i suoi tratti: la geometria, i numeri e gli scarabocchi colorati: una tecnica verbo-visiva unica. Un disegno che ci ricorda il gioco della campana, universalmente riconosciuto come un passatempo per i bambini di tutte le generazioni.)
The sale proceeds for this lot will benefit philanthropic activities.
(Il ricavo della vendita di questo lotto sarà destinato ad attività filantropiche.) inches 18.70 by 26.18, cm 47,5x66,5
Studio Marconi, Milan | Farsettiarte Prato, November 29, 2014, lot 528, Collezione Laura Tansini

Auction result misses estimated price range

In October 2018 a collector was able to acquire the work Senza Titolo by Gastone Novelli for EUR 7,250.00. This price was achieved in the auction Modern & Contemporary Art Online at Sothebys in Milan and was even below the estimate range of EUR 8,000.00 – 12,000.00 set by the auction house. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Gastone Novelli achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam) in June 2011 with an auction result of GBP 187,250.00 (€ 207,157.32).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Im Oktober 2018 konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Senza Titolo von Gastone Novelli für EUR 7.250,00 erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Art Online bei Sothebys in Mailand erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von EUR 8.000,00 – 12.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Gastone Novelli erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam) im Juni 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 187.250,00 (€ 207.157,32).

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