BIAF: Boccioni, Balla, Campigli, De Chirico and other 900th century masters

A real roundup of masters of the twentieth century distinguish the exhibition of Galleria Russo, from Balla to De Chirico, De Pisis, Marino Marini, Medardo Rosso and others, all particularly interesting works for collectors who will come to Florence for this edition of the 2019 Biennale.

In the selection we highlight some works including: a work by Umberto Boccioni which will be present at the Florence Biennale and which is entitled "Bust of a woman - Portrait of Nerina Piaggio" from 1916

Exhibitions
The woman in art from Hayez to Modigliani, April-June 1953, Milan, Society for Fine Arts and Permanent Exhibition, Palazzo Sociale, exhibition catalogue, p. 147 (with the title Half figure of a woman).

REFERENCES
Guido Ballo, Boccioni. His life and works, Il Saggiatore, Milan 1964, n. 599; Gianfranco Bruno, The complete work of Boccioni, presentation by Aldo Palazzeschi, Rizzoli, Milan 1969, n. 193; Maurizio Calvesi, Ester Coen, Boccioni. The complete work, Electa Mondadori, Milan 1983, n. 940, p. 533; The Balla donation and other works by the artist in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, curated by Giovanna De Feo, Patrizia Rosazza Ferraris, Livia Velani, exhibition catalog (14 December 1988-19 February 1898, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna), Mondadori-De Luca Editori d'Arte, Milan Rome 1988, fig. 29c; Giorgio Verzotti, Boccioni. Complete catalog of the paintings, Cantini, Florence 1989, n. 144, p. 144; Maurizio Calvesi, Alberto Dambruoso, Boccioni. General catalogue, Allemandi, Turin 2016, p. 493, no. 863 (wrongly listed as oil on canvas).

This is followed by the work by Giacomo Balla (Turin, 18 July 1871 - Rome, 1 March 1958) View of Villa Borghese from 1902 - pastel and chalk on paper, 150 x 300 mm. Signed and dated lower right Balla / 1902. Provenance Former Balla heirs, Rome.

Exhibitions
Light and painting in Italy 1850-1914, 24 January-4 May 2003, Livorno, Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Villa Mimbelli, exhibition catalogue, edited by R. Miracco, Mazzotta, Milan 2003, p. 152 repr.
REFERENCES
Archives of Divisionism, collected and arranged by Teresa Fiori, Officina Edizioni, Rome 1968, vol. II, p. 138, no. 1719, pl. 350* (with the title Spring landscape or Roman countryside); Giovanni Lista, Giacomo Balla. Reasoned catalogue, Fonte d'Abisso Gallery Editions, Modena 1982, pp. 130-131, no. 97 repr.

Massimo Campigli (Berlin, July 4, 1895 - Saint-Tropez, May 31, 1971) Deux baigneuses / Two women in the sea
1948, oil on canvas 65×78 cm. Signed and dated lower right Campigli 48

Origin
Formerly Galerie de France, Paris; formerly Galleria del Cavallino, Venice; formerly Eric Estorick Collection, London; formerly Galleria La Bussola (n. 70177), Turin; formerly Galleria Torbandena (n. 232), Trieste; formerly Brerarte (12 May 1981, lot 97), Milan; Turin, PSC Collection; Rome, private collection
Certificato di authenticità
Authentication on photo by Nicola Campigli, n. 80281214, St Tropez 28 December 1980
Exhibitions
Campigli, 1949, Paris, Galerie de France, Paris 1949, no. 14; Massimo Campigli, 167th Cavallino Exhibition, 1949, Venice, Galleria del Cavallino; Campigli, 1955, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, (later Den Haag, Gemeente Museum), cat. exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1955, no. 21; 1975-1958, Windsor, Ont., Willistead Art Gallery; The Campigli Prisoners, 1964, Turin, La Bussola Art Gallery, sn; Massimo Campigli, 1964, Bologna, Galleria Il Cancello, art of today, cat. show, no. 4

REFERENCES
Italianische Maler und Bildhauer, edited by Robert Grabski, Verlag Wilhelm Herzog, Wien 1950, p. 60; Bolaffi national catalog of modern art n. 11, president Giulio Bolaffi, 1976, vol I, financial critic. Italian painters and galleries in the 1974-1975 artistic season, Giulio Bolaffi Editore, Turin 1975, p. 43; Bolaffi Catalog of Italian Modern Art, n 17, Giorgio Mondadori and associates, Milan 1981, p. 218; Campigli catalog raisonné, edited by Archives Campigli, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2013, volume II, p. 579, no. 48-011.

Giorgio de Chirico (Volo, 10 July 1888 – Rome, 20 November 1978) La Maison aux volets verts c. 1927, oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm. Signed lower right G. de Chirico.

Origin
Private Collection, London; formerly Paul Guillaume collection, Paris; formerly Dikran G. Kelekian Collection; formerly Lacoste collection, Paris; formerly Metthey Gallery, Paris; former Vogel collection, Paris; formerly Galleria Arco Farnese, Rome; formerly Marco Cambi collection, Rome. Authenticity certificate
Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, no. 54/88, Rome, 25 November 1988.

Exhibitions
The family in art. History and images in 22th century Italy, 2002 November 9-2003 March 2002, Rome, Museo del Corso, exhibition catalogue, edited by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, Rome 68, n. 9; Nature according to de Chirico, 11 April-2010 July 2010, Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, exhibition catalogue, edited by Achille Bonito Oliva, Rome 40, n. XNUMX
REFERENCES
Giorgio de Chirico. General catalog – Work from 1912 to 1976, edited by the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation, volume I, Maretti Editore, Imola 2014, pp. 73, 462, no. 54.

And finally, Giorgio de Chirico (Volo, 10 July 1888 - Rome, 20 November 1978) Mysterious baths with statue, 1948 - 1950, oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm. Signed lower right G. de Chirico. Inscribed and signed on the back, in the center Mysterious baths / Giorgio de Chirico Certificate of authenticity. Notary authentication on the back of the canvas, 1st December 1962.

Origin
Private collection, Rome; formerly Galleria La Barcaccia, Rome; formerly Galleria La Medusa, Rome; formerly Casadei collection, Rimini
Exhibitions
XXVIII International Art Biennale, June-October 1956, Venice, exhibition catalog Alfieri Editore, Venice 1956, p. 87, no. 29; Giorgio de Chirico, 19 November-16 December 1960, Rome, Palazzo Marignoli, exhibition catalogue, Quaderni della Barcaccia, Rome 1960, sp; Giorgio de Chirico, 10 September-20 October 1961, Montecatini Terme, Galleria La Barcaccia, exhibition catalogue, Rome 1961; Giorgio de Chirico, 1962, Naples, Galleria La Barcaccia; Giorgio de Chirico, 11 November 1981-3 January 1982, Rome, National Gallery of Modern Art, exhibition catalogue, De Luca Editore, Rome 1981, p. 228, no. 31/32; Surrealism, 27 February-22 March 1983, Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue, n.10; Giorgio de Chirico. Metaphysics of the Mysterious Baths, 6 June-13 September 1998, Vicenza, Basilica Palladiana, exhibition catalogue, Skira, Milan 1998, p. 117, no. 32; The treasures of the sea: mild suggestions and transparencies, 29 April-25 July 2004, Livorno, Granaries of Villa Mimbelli, Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum, exhibition catalogue, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, Livorno 2004, pp. 16, 221.
mythos. Myths and Archetypes in the sea of ​​knowledge, 5 December 2006-25 February 2007, Athens, Christian and Byzantine Museum, 30 March-7 May 2007, Tirana, The Gallery of Art, exhibition catalogue, curated by Renato Miracco, Mazzotta, Milan 2006 , repr. on the cover and p. 87; Giorgio de Chirico la fabrique des rêves, 13 February-24 May 2009, Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, exhibition catalogue, Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris 2009, p. 274
REFERENCES
Giorgio de Chirico General Catalogue. Volume according to works from 1931 to 1959**, edited by Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Electa editor, Milan 1973, n. 117 (with the title Mysterious baths with statue and dating from 1950) “House & Gardens”, August 1983, p. 64