Provenance
M.B. Nessel Collection, Massachusetts
Skinner, Boston, American & European Paintings & Prints, January 29, 2010, lot 630
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Rome, Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Artisti romani non figurativi, March 26 - April 9, 1969
Literature
G. De Marchis, S. Pinto, Colla, Rome: Bulzoni, 1972, no. 224 (illustrated)

8

Ettore Colla

Meridiana Quadrata

1968
iron
28 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 9 in. (72 x 49 x 23 cm)
Signed "E. COLLA" on the underside.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000

Sold for $43,750

Contact Specialist
Brittany Lopez Slater
Head of International Exhibitions
New York
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Specialist
Milan
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The Great Wonderful: 100 Years of Italian Art

New York 13 May 2015 4pm

1
Franco Vimercati
Untitled (Zuppiera)
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $15,000
2
Franco Vimercati
Untitled (Cow)
Estimate $5,000 - 6,000
Sold for $8,750
3
Franco Vimercati
Untitled (Grattugia)
Estimate $6,000 - 7,000
Sold for $10,000
4
Franco Vimercati
Untitled (Spruzzatore)
Estimate $6,000 - 7,000
Sold for $8,125
5
Franco Vimercati
Untitled (Ferro stiro)
Estimate $6,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,250
6
Gianfranco Baruchello
A Bouquet of Bloopers
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
7
Vincenzo Agnetti
Photo-graffia
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $31,250
8
Ettore Colla
Meridiana Quadrata
Estimate $40,000 - 60,000
Sold for $43,750
9
Pino Pascali
From the series Lettere (N)
Estimate $35,000 - 45,000
10
Salvatore Emblema
Untitled/Fascia
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $125,000
11
Paolo Scheggi
Intersuperficie curva bianca
Estimate $500,000 - 600,000
12
Giorgio Morandi
Natura Morta
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for $965,000
13
Giacomo Manzù
Cardinale in piedi
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $389,000
14
Alighiero Boetti
Mappa
Estimate $1,500,000 - 2,000,000
Sold for $1,805,000
15
Giuseppe Uncini
Cementarmato
Estimate $120,000 - 180,000
Sold for $173,000
16
Paolo Scheggi
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 60,000
17
Mimmo Rotella
Forze Armate
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
18
Alberto Burri
Combustione
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $485,000
19
Pier Paolo Calzolari
Untitled
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $725,000
20
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled (Christmas '95)
Estimate $300,000 - 400,000
21
Giuseppe Penone
Idee di pietra
Estimate $1,500,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for $1,325,000
22
Valerio Adami
Paesaggi Arabi
Estimate $130,000 - 180,000
Sold for $137,000
23
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attesa
Estimate $1,000,000 - 1,500,000
24
Piero Manzoni
Achrome
Estimate $500,000 - 700,000
25
Mario Schifano
Untitled
Estimate $180,000 - 200,000
Sold for $197,000
26
Fausto Melotti
La Pioggia
Estimate $700,000 - 900,000
27
Mario Ceroli
Mobili nella Valle
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
28
Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Teatrino
Estimate $850,000 - 950,000
29
Enrico Castellani
Superficie Bianca
Estimate $400,000 - 600,000
Sold for $437,000
30
Domenico Gnoli
Shirt Collar Size 14 1/2
Estimate $7,000,000 - 9,000,000
Sold for $6,885,000
31
Fabio Mauri
Luther (from Wurm ein Gedanke einen Raum Verspesten Kann?)
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
32
Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate $270,000 - 320,000
Sold for $341,000
33
Gastone Novelli
9 Colori
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $78,750
34
Giacomo Balla
Linee di velocità
Estimate $450,000 - 550,000
Sold for $545,000
35
Valerio Adami
Invito al Crash!
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $62,500
36
Enrico Baj
Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, English Writer
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
Sold for $100,000
37
Jack Clemente
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
38
Emilio Tadini
Le déjeuner sur l’herbe
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $32,500
39
Maurizio Cattelan
Untitled
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
40
Gianni Piacentino
Veicolo Marezzato
Estimate $80,000 - 100,000
Sold for $87,500
41
Turi Simeti
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $56,250
42
Bruno Munari
Untitled
Estimate $25,000 - 30,000
Sold for $31,250
43
Alessandro Pessoli
Nest Head
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
44
Leoncillo Leonardi
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
45
Marino Marini
Piccolo miracolo
Estimate $700,000 - 1,000,000
46
Salvatore Emblema
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $56,250
47
Dadamaino
Volume
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $173,000
48
Jack Clemente
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $9,375
49
Vettor Pisani
La Maria allo Scorrevole
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $18,750
50
Margherita Manzelli
Lux
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
51
Zoran Mušič
Ritratto di Ida
Estimate $45,000 - 55,000
52
Lorenzo Viani
Il Filosofo Brissimisakis
Estimate $80,000 - 120,000
53
Pietro Roccasalva
Intelligent Artifice(r)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $43,750
54
Arturo Nathan
Palude
Estimate $100,000 - 150,000
55
Ettore Spalletti
Colore, eco rossoazzuro
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
56
Jack Clemente
Untitled
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $10,625
57
Giuseppe Gabellone
Untitled (GG09 - 2721F)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
58
Giuseppe Gabellone
Untitled (GG09- 2719F)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
59
Giuseppe Desiato
Monumento effimero
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Sold for $5,000
60
Elisa Sighicelli
Untitled (Interim)
Estimate $8,000 - 10,000
Sold for $30,000
61
Emilio Prini
Foto con Intervento (Autoritratto)
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $11,250
62
Francesco Vezzoli
Tua (Portrait of Dolly Parton after Palma il Vecchio and Ambrosius Bosschaert)
Estimate $150,000 - 200,000
Sold for $245,000
63
Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani)
Untitled
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $43,750
64
Renato Guttuso
Tetti di Palermo
Estimate $120,000 - 150,000

The Great Wonderful: 100 Years of Italian Art

New York 13 May 2015 4pm

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

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Ettore Colla

Meridiana Quadrata

The Great Wonderful: 100 Years of Italian Art