Contemporary Auction
Contemporary Auction
From an important Italian Private Collection
Salvatore Scarpitta
Black Sphinx
Auction Closed
November 23, 07:08 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Salvatore Scarpitta
1919 - 2007
Black Sphinx
signed, titled, dedicated TO LOLA FOR HER BIRTHDAY 6/13/75 and dated 1962 on the reverse
bandages and resin on stretcher
(firmato, intitolato, dedicato TO LOLA FOR HER BIRTHDAY 6/13/75 e datato 1962 sul retro
fasce e resina su telaio)
cm 40x44x5,2; inches 15.74 by 17.32 by 2.04
Leo Castelli, New York
Lola Scarpitta Collection, Los Angeles
Galleria Niccoli, Parma
Private collection, Brescia
Acquired from the above by the present owner in in circa 2015 (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2015 circa)
Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta. Catalogue raisonné, Milan 2005, p. 185, n. 313, illustrated (incorrect size)