The passion of a Roman collector was born from the theme "Lo Sport nell'Arte" who made the assumption developed in the 30s his own, where sport became the identity of a nation and the representation of power.
The collection, enriched in forty years by numerous works, such as bronzes depicting athletes engaged in various disciplines such as football, horse riding, rugby, bowls, boxing, skating, etc., is very heterogeneous also for the names of the artists, including the Italians Silvio Canevari, Egidio Girelli, Giovanni Manzoni, Emilio Zocchi, and many English and French authors such as Carl August Brasch, John Willis-Good and Hippolyte Joseph Cuvelier.
In addition to the works of sporting subjects, there are numerous bronze statues depicting horses.
The collection also includes paintings with a sports subject, an important large-scale painting from the mid-60s by Renato Guttuso, entitled "The match", which will be sold with an estimate of 30.000-50.000 euros, The figure turned from behind it wants to be the exaltation of the many who play football without going down in history but who work for the team, without being remembered as champions. Guttuso doesn't want to celebrate the ultimate architect of the result, but rather the athletic meaning of the effort, in fact the attention is entirely focused on the tense muscles of the player.
The same auction will also offer a small nucleus of works by Ottorino Mancioli, who graduated in Medicine and Surgery in Rome in 1932 but also carried out the parallel activity of painter and writer in medicine and sport. The study in medicine allowed him to reach and fix the harmony of strength and beauty in his works, arriving to grasp the dynamism of the moment.
Also on Tuesday 24 October, the lots from the Vintage, Jewels and Bijoux catalog will also be available, offering a series of jewels and objects selected for their excellent quality/price ratio.
The choice was made with the forthcoming Christmas gifts in mind, with the intention of bringing the Italian public ever closer to buying at auction.
In particular, we point out a gold bracelet and choker signed by Fope, a tubogas bracelet signed by Bulgari, a ring with a cabochon-cut ruby and a pair of earrings with sapphires and diamonds.
Among the bags there are several interesting pieces, including two precious Hermès, a Kelly Maxi from the 70s in black leather and a Birkin model in taurillon clémence from 2007 in anise green.
The auction dedicated to vintage is also enriched by a rare and curious collection of 30 large Disney characters made in polychrome resin.
On 25 and 26 October, instead, the Genoese headquarters of Castello Mackenzie will host Cambi's autumn auction dedicated to Antiques, which presents a collection of various private properties of illustrious provenance from all over Italy.
The catalog includes genuine and interesting furnishings, paintings and art objects, suitable for collectors who want to furnish their homes with antique and exclusive pieces.
Among the lots up for auction we point out a notable nucleus of sculptures from Emilia (nearly 150, mainly in polychrome wood, from the XNUMXth to the XNUMXth century) and the precious furnishings and objets d'art of an important villa in Piacenza.
Up for auction will be a large Louis XV carved and gilded wooden mirror (Venice mid-XNUMXth century) and an important walnut two-door coin cabinet (Germany XNUMXth century).
Also worthy of attention is a fine center table in mahogany inlaid with fruit wood with six chairs en suite, workshop of the Lucchesi brothers (Tuscany, mid-XNUMXth century).
