Provenance
Private Collection
Sotheby's, Milan, 26 November 2002, lot 281
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
Rome, Solarte, Il Ritratto Italiano 1920-1945, 5 December 1998 - 15 January 1999, p. 55 (illustrated, erroneously titled and dated Ritratto di donna, 1945)
Literature
Fausto Melotti, L'opera in ceramica, exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2003, n. 5, p. 95 (illustrated)

162

Fausto Melotti

Dafne

glazed polychrome ceramic
46 x 24 x 12 cm (18 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Executed circa 1933, this work is registered with the Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan under no. 1933 26.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠

Sold for £21,420

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 October 2021

101
Emily Mae Smith
Industry City
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £378,000
102
Allison Zuckerman
Palace Dweller
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £138,600
103
Flora Yukhnovich
Study
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £35,280
104
Lisa Brice
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £25,200
105
Portia Zvavahera
Ndinewe (I'm with you) [2]
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
106
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Wren
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £277,200
107
Meleko Mokgosi
Democratic Intuition, Lerato: Agape II
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £94,500
108
Stanley Whitney
Iraqi Blues
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £302,400
109
Jordan Wolfson
Untitled
Estimate £70,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £151,200
110
Laura Owens
Untitled
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £63,000
111
Louis Fratino
Morning Glory
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £47,880
112
Oluwole Omofemi
Tight Corner II
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £44,100
113
Mequitta Ahuja
Jeweled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £23,940
114
Claire Tabouret
Le Carnaval (Les Cotillons)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £126,000
115
Aboudia
Untitled
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £69,300
116
Isshaq Ismail
Nkabom 1
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £138,600
117
Walter Price
Sit ENDS
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
Sold for £35,280
118
Etel Adnan
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £56,700
119
Etel Adnan
Untitled
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £69,300
120
Harold Ancart
Untitled
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,100
121
Joel Mesler
Untitled (k)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £88,200
122
Caroline Walker
Study for Floors, Room 324
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £32,760
123
Tracey Emin
Like an Old Fashioned Time
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £22,680
124
Michael Armitage
Snake Charmer
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £32,760
125
Antony Gormley
LIFT 5 (MEME) III
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £126,000
126
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
Girl on Globe 3
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
Sold for £107,100
127
Rashid Johnson
Black Lines
Estimate £140,000 - 180,000
Sold for £176,400
128
Hayv Kahraman
Person nummer
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
129
George Condo
Statue
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
130
George Condo
Grandpa (Old Red with Bubbles)
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ‡
Sold for £809,000
131
Banksy
Girl with Balloon
Estimate £90,000 - 150,000 ♠
Sold for £151,200
132
Robert Longo
Untitled (Helmet)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £138,600
133
Mike Kelley
Ghoul #1
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £81,900
134
Roni Horn
Key and Cue, No. 1609 - Sunset That Screens, Reveals
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £75,600
135
Peter Halley
Action Point
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £100,800
136
John McCracken
Molecule
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
137
Alex Israel
Untitled (flat)
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £163,800
138
This lot is no longer available.
139
Richard Serra
Rotterdam Vertical #11
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡
140
Sol LeWitt
Squiggly brushstrokes
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ‡
Sold for £252,000
141
Steven Shearer
Boy with Dog
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £50,400
142
Julian Schnabel
Misericordia Painting I (Big hair Day)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £88,200
143
George Condo
Gold Nude
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡
Sold for £478,800
144
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £126,000
145
Martin Kippenberger
Ohne Titel
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡♠
146
Gerhard Richter
8.2.92
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
147
Gerhard Richter
Abstrakt 474-1
Estimate £450,000 - 550,000 ‡♠
Sold for £809,000
148
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡♠
149
Franz West
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
150
Jaume Plensa
Rui Rui in Shanghai
Estimate £180,000 - 280,000 ‡♠
Sold for £289,800
151
Thierry De Cordier
Object To Knock The Head On/ Object To Rest The Head On
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £73,080
152
Raoul De Keyser
Surplace nr. 1
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,000
153
Serge Poliakoff
Composition abstraite
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £113,400
154
This lot is no longer available.
155
Mario Schifano
Paesaggio anemico
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
156
Alberto Burri
Untitled (chess set)
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡♠
Sold for £252,000
157
Jannis Kounellis
Untitled
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡♠
Sold for £163,800
158
Alighiero Boetti
Ammazzare il tempo
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £47,880
159
Alighiero Boetti
5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,280
160
Mimmo Rotella
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
161
Leoncillo Leonardi
Taglio Bianco
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
162
Fausto Melotti
Dafne
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,420
163
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Cane allo Specchio (Dog in the Mirror)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £119,700
164No Reserve
Marino Marini
Le tre Grazie
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 •‡♠
Sold for £20,160
165
Wifredo Lam
Personnage 20/24
Estimate £90,000 - 120,000 ‡
Sold for £151,200
166
Eduardo Arroyo
La chaise de Yalta
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
167
Alexej von Jawlensky
Frau mit Tracht
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 ‡
Sold for £144,900
168
Joan Miró
Figure en état de métamorphose (Figure in a State of Metamorphosis)
Estimate £180,000 - 250,000 ‡♠
Sold for £163,800
169
Milton Avery
Gulls in Fog
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £37,800
170
Willem de Kooning
Untitled
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £6,300
171
Max Ernst
Die Wankelmutter
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
172
Max Ernst
Claire de lune
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £32,760
173
Max Ernst
Fantôme animale
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £69,300
174
Max Ernst
Ohne Titel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,340
175
Max Ernst
Two works: (i) Le pain vacciné (template for 'Histoire Naturelle', sheet XXIII); (ii) Le pain vacciné
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £12,600
176
Max Ernst
Le tremblement de terre (template for 'Histoire Naturelle', sheet V)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,340
177
Max Ernst
Clôture
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £21,420
178
Max Ernst
La Suisse
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,720
179
Max Ernst
Maximiliana-Figur
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,080
180
Max Ernst
Ohne Titel
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,332
181
Max Ernst
Entdeckungsfahrten ins Unbewußte
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £3,528
182
Max Ernst
Madeleine
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £6,300
183
A.R. Penck
Kopf, Frage, Jäger, Sage, 1,2,3,4 A.R. Penck ist hier
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £68,040
184
Gerhard Richter
Six works: (i) Cage P19-1; (ii) Cage P19-2; (iii) Cage P19-3; (iv) Cage P19-4; (v) Cage P19-5; (vi) Cage P19-6
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000 ♠
Sold for £113,400
185
Martin Kobe
Untitled
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
186
Gerhard Richter
Abstraktes Bild (P1)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £37,800
187
Gerhard Richter
Haggadah (P2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £32,760
188
Damien Hirst
Eight works from 'The Virtues': (i) H9-1 Justice; (ii) H9-2 Courage; (iii) Mercy H9-3; (iv) Politeness H9-4; (v) Honesty H9-5; (vi) Honour H9-6; (vii) Loyalty H9-7; (viii) Control H9-8
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £90,720
189
Vik Muniz
Milan (Last Supper), After Andy Warhol (Picture of Chocolate)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £52,920
190
Louise Lawler
One Big One in an Edition of Five
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
191
Louise Lawler
Marie, again
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,190
192
Louise Lawler
Black Cat
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
193
Zoe Leonard
I Love You
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
194
Massimo Vitali
ROSIGNANO SEA 1, 1998
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000 ‡♠
Sold for £18,900
195
Marilyn Minter
Emerald City
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £8,820
196
Marilyn Minter
Big Mac
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £13,230
197
This lot is no longer available.
198
Andy Warhol
Shoes
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £47,880
199
Lorna Simpson
Ultra Blue
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £32,760
200
Angel Otero
I dwelt alone in a world of moan
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £32,760
201
Calvin Marcus
Automatic Drawing #6
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £28,980
202
Allora & Calzadilla
Lifesaver Manhole
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £37,800
203
Sterling Ruby
ECLPSE (BGYRBB)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
204
Pamela Rosenkranz
Look Deeper (Let In)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £30,240
205
Marc Quinn
Claudia as Flora
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £75,600
206
Gilbert & George
Blood and Piss
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £88,200
207
Gillian Carnegie
Black Square
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
Sold for £17,010
208
Idris Khan
No More Voices
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £35,280
209
Gavin Turk
Flat Tyre
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £25,200
210
Julian Opie
Woman taking off pants. 3.
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £85,680

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 October 2021

Provenance

Exhibited

Literature

162

Fausto Melotti

Dafne

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale