For their first auction of 2019, today, January 22 at 15.00, The Auction House Bridge presents 216 lots of Books and Manuscripts at the headquarters of Crivelli Palace, Milan.
The most interesting lots:
- Published by FT Marinetti and Fillia from the Sonzogno Publishing House, circa 1932, the book The Futurist Kitchen evokes the spirit and values of the Futurism art movement. Futurism was an embrace of a new kind of beauty that signaled the future: new technologies, such as cars and light bulbs and the concept of speed. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (coauthor of The Futurist Kitchen) officially named Futurism. Futurists explored all forms of expression. Here's the reason for the cookbook. The Futurist Kitchen he defines himself: “this book is more dramatic and spicier than a detective story or an erotic novel… 200 futuristic cooking formulas for restaurants and quisibeve. The least expensive and most cheering lunches”. The posters included in the book definitely illustrate the know-how of Futurism: “No more spaghetti for the Italians. No more knives and forks. No more after-dinner speeches”. There is another manifesto "Against pasta" in which Futurism is defined as the "mysticism of action". Very recommended is a "night lunch of love" where sautéed mushrooms are served ("I fear them less than your probable betrayals" says the bride to the groom). (Estimate €400/600).
2. From Bragadina printing house, Venice, c. 1697-1720, a Jewish prayer book, very valuablewith silver binding. The binding shows crests (rear) containing a crowned feline and pelican at their respective plates. Prayers are according to the Ashkenazi synagogue ritual. (Estimate €3.000/5.000)
3. A first edition of The Leopard (1958) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Published by Feltrinelli, November 1958, five years before director Luchino Visconti cast Claudia Cardinale in the role of Angelica, always leaving her as an image of the beauty and splendor of 350th century Sicily. (Estimate €500/XNUMX).
4. Four envelopes of letters written by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 – 1938), the largest envelope (219 x 324 mm) with an inscription to Suor Spondiale “who enriches a small unexpressed voice with herself” dated 1926. (Estimate €100/150).
5. Published in Rome, by Delfino Edizioni d'arte (1985), HamletShakespeare's tragedy which boasts of having 10 lithograph plates illustrated by the British artist Henry Moore. In the book is written copy number 358 of a total limitation of 1200 declared (there is doubt, however, that 1200 were actually published). (Estimate €500/800).
6. Andy Warhol's index book it is a book of wonders, complete with 10 pop-ups that include: a pink accordion that "plays" when the page opens, a balloon contained in transparent paper, and a castle above the statement "We're attacked constantly". The book also contains an interview with a German journalist to whom the artist affirms her beliefs in this unforgettable exchange:
Journalist: “You are a difficult person to interview, because…” Warhol: “I told you, I don't say much.”
Reporter: “Yeah. I know I know. Talking is very little, doing is everything.”
Warhol: Yes.
This book, published in 1967 by Random House, New York, is estimated at €700/1.000.
7. 31 watercolor plates on tissue paper include a album of preparatory watercolors by the Spanish artist Daniel Perea Y Rojas to the release of the famous album In Los Toros. (Estimate €4.000/6.000).
8. The lot with the highest estimate of the auction (€6.000/9.000) Voyage de la Perouse autour du monde (1797) by the explorer Jean-Francois La Pérouse (1741 – disappeared 1788). This first edition consists of an elephant folio (558 x 413 mm) and four volumes of eyelet text, engraved title atlas and 69 plates. La Pérouse was part of the first French expedition to visit Alaska. La Pérouse is celebrated for mapping the coasts of Alaska and California. In La Pérouse's travel atlas, there are superb images that touch on the various realities of an eighteenth-century journey: California birds for example or the tragic drowning of two ships in a French port.
9. History of the life and works of Giulio Pippi Romano written by Carlo D'Arco, published in 1838, is the first monograph of the artist considered by many to be Raphael's heir. The book contains majestic double-page plates from the Sala dei Giganti at Palazzo Te, Mantua, one of Romano's masterpieces. (Estimate €800/1.200)
