Ettore Colla

Lot 72: Ettore Colla (1896-1968)

Name: Ettore Colla (1896-1968)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 9c145a844f

Est: £30,000 GBP - £40,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 11, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Ettore Colla (1896-1968) >Ratto dâ€™Europa o Piccolo Saturno >The Rape of Europa or Little Saturn >iron assemblage 11.3/8 x 18.5/8 x 14.7/8in. (28.8 x 47.2 x 38cm.) >Executed in 1960-1961

Artist or Maker

Ettore Colla

Exhibited

Rome, Galleria Trastevere, Ettore Colla, 1961. >Rome, Galleria Nazionale dâ€™Arte Moderna, Ettore Colla 1896-1968, 1970, no. 32 (illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Wuppertal, Von der Heydt Museum. >Parma, Teatro Farnese, Ettore Colla, 1986 (illustrated, p. 48).

Literature

G. de Marchis, S. Pinto, Ettore Colla, Rome 1972, no. 123 (illustrated, p. 81). >M. Volpi, Ettore Colla, Milan 1966, no. 1922. >G. M. Mazzoni, 'Ettore Colla' in Gazzetta di Parma, Parma 1970, p. 3. >G. Da ViÃ , 'Mostre Romane' in L'osservatore Romano, CittÃ del Vaticano 1970.

Provenance

Topazia Alliata Collection, Rome. >Galleria Trastevere, Rome.
Collection Donato Sanminiatelli, Rome. >Anon. sale, Finarte Rome, 12 May 1992, lot 260.
Ippolito Simonis, Turin. >Studio Casoli, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Auction Details

Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision

Christie's

February 11, 2014, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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