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Lot 90: FERRUCCIO FERRONI (1920-2007)

Est: £10,000 GBP - £15,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 12, 2012

Item Overview

Description

FERRUCCIO FERRONI (1920-2007)
La palla (The ball), 1950
gelatin silver print
signed and titled in ink, dated in ink and pencil, 'Società Fotografica Subalpina Torino (Italia) Mostra internazionale di Fotografia Artistica 1952' label, 'Cercle Photographique du XII Toulouse La Photographie Latine du 8 au 22 mars 1953' label and further annoations in ink and pencil (verso)
image/sheet 11 x 14 1/3in. (27.7 x 36.4cm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

La fotografia in Italia 1945-1975: Capolavori dalla collezione Paolo Morello, Forma, Milan, 2010;
Italian Realism: Masterpieces from the Collection of Paolo Morello, Big Manezh, Moscow, 2011.

Literature

Paolo Morello (ed.), Ferruccio Ferroni: Carteggio 1952-1959, Istituto Superiore per la Storia della Fotografia, Palermo, 2004, pl. cover and pl. 6;
Ferruccio Ferroni, Fiaf, Turin, 2006;
Paolo Morello, La fotografia in Italia: 1945-1975, 2 voll., Contrasto, Rome, 2010, pl. 9;
Paolo Morello, La fotografia in Italia 1945-1975: Capolavori dalla collezione Morello, Contrasto, Rome, 2010, pl. 17.

Auction Details

Masterworks of Italian Photography 1945-1975 From the Collection of Paolo Morello

by
Christie's
June 12, 2012, 12:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK