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Nicola Bolla - Vanitas

Nicola Bolla

Vanitas

Found at Sothebys, Milan
Modern & Contemporary Art Online, Lot 26
22. Oct - 22. Oct 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Nicola Bolla
B. 1963
VANITAS
executed in 1997, Swarovski crystals on metallic frame. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
(eseguito nel 1997, cristalli Swarovski su rete metallica. Quest'opera è accompagnata da certitificato di autenticità firmato dall'artista)
This strikingly iridescent work by Bolla represents one of the key subjects explored for centuries throughout the history of art. Life and death conflate. This skull, symbol of thanatos par excellence, is completely covered in precious pink crystals. As such, this is an iteration of that emblem of death has recurred in works since the dawn of figurative art, the memento mori. His aim is not to represent the “real thing” but to evoke its
(Questa strabiliante opera di Bolla rappresenta uno degli argomenti indagati per secoli nella storia dell’arte: la morte e la vita che si concilia con essa. Il teschio, simbolo di thanatos per eccellenza, si ricopre di preziosi cristalli rosa. Ed ecco che esso rivisita quella riflessione emblematica del tema della morte che ricorre fin dal principio dell'arte figurativa: il memento mori. Il suo scopo non è quindi quello di rappresentare la
THE SALE PROCEEDS FOR THIS LOT WILL BENEFIT PHILANTHROPIC ACTIVITIES.
(IL RICAVO DELLA VENDITA DI QUESTO LOTTO SARÀ DESTINATO AD ATTIVITÀ FILANTROPICHE.) inches 6.88 by 6.69 by 8.66, cm 17,5x17x22
Galleria Corso Venezia 8, Milan

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Nicola Bolla could be acquired at Sothebys in Milan in October 2018 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Modern & Contemporary Art Online auction, the work Vanitas changed hands for EUR 2,500.00 - missing the lower end of the estimate range of EUR 3,000.00 – 4,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Nicola Bolla achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Vanitas (Teschio) in May 2008 with an auction result of USD 46,600.00 (€ 29,948.59).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Nicola Bolla konnte im Oktober 2018 bei Sothebys in Mailand für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Modern & Contemporary Art Online wechselte die Arbeit Vanitas für EUR 2.500,00 den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von EUR 3.000,00 – 4.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Nicola Bolla erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Vanitas (Teschio) im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 46.600,00 (€ 29.948,59).

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