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Click here to subscribeVARIOUS CRAMICS, GLASS AND SUNDRY ITEMS, to include a model boat 'Marie - J Fanne', a copper coal scuttle, two desk lamps, a Victor adding machine, shells, a school/sport blazer (with conker attached), a cap, a small bamboo table, a No 2 Brownie, Sadler ginger jar, stoneware vases, Olivetti typewriter, etc
Xanti (Alexander) SchawinskyExplosion Öl und Tempera auf Leinwand 61,2 x 43,3 cm Rückseitig schwarz signiert, datiert und betitelt 'Schawinsky "explosion" 1926'. - Mit einzelnen unauffälligen Retuschen.Mit einer Foto-Expertise von Xanti Schawinsky, Oggebbio, vom 27. März 1975ProvenienzAtelier des Künstlers New York/Oggebbio (bis 1975); Vom Vorbesitzer bei der Galleria Blu, Milano, 1975 erworben; Privatsammlung ItalienAusstellungenStuttgart 1968 (Kunstgebäude am Schloßplatz), 50 Jahre Bauhaus, Kat. Nr. 237, mit ganzseitiger Farbabb. S. 295 (mit rückseitigen Keilrahmenetiketten)Ein gewisser Witz ist durch den Bildtitel „Explosion“ initiiert und der dem gegenüber wenig explosiven Wirkung der vielmehr watteweich sacht und lautlos schwebenden geometrischen Körper, welche einander in ihrer luziden, bzw. opaken Darstellung sanft zu durchdringen scheinen. Ein Oben und Unten, die Relation der Objekte im dunklen Verlauf des Bildraums zueinander, ist durch die zusammengedrängten, vom unteren Rand überschnittenen, stark farbigen Objekte gegeben. Diese wirken wie kleine individualisierte Charaktere, auf einer Theaterbühne zurückgelassen; der Betrachter schwebt förmlich mit in den ‚outer space'.Themen wie Zeit, Raum und Geschwindigkeit spielen im Werk Xanti Schawinskys immer eine Rolle. Mitte der 1920er Jahre tritt er in Oskar Schlemmers Theaterklasse am Weimarer Bauhaus ein; sein erstes Stück „Circus“ wird 1925 aufgeführt. Im Jahr unseres Gemäldes, 1926, entstehen verwandte Werke mit abstrahierten, stark farbigen Architekturformen. Schawinsky ist fester und aktiver Teil der ‚Bauhaus-Bande' und u.a. mit Walter Gropius, Herbert Bayer und Josef Albers befreundet. In den 1930er Jahren geht er nach Italien, wo ihm sein Aufenthalt in Mailand Aufträge von Olivetti, Cinzano und San Pellegrino sowie Bekanntschaften mit Fontana, Melotti und den Futuristen beschert. 1936 folgt er der Einladung von Josef Albers an das Black Mountain College in die USA.Dass unsere „Explosion“ in der wichtigen Ausstellung „50 Jahre Bauhaus“ 1968 in Stuttgart ausgestellt wird, verweist auf die Bedeutung des Gemäldes. Xanti (Alexander) SchawinskyExplosion Oil and tempera on canvas 61.2 x 43.3 cm Verso signed, dated, and titled 'Schawinsky "explosion" 1926' in black. - Occasional inconspicuous retouches.With a photo-certificate by Xanti Schawinsky, Oggebbio, dated 27 March 1975ProvenanceArtist's studio, New York/Oggebbio (until 1975); acquired by the previous owner at Galleria Blu, Milano, in 1975; Private collection, ItalyExhibitionsStuttgart 1968 (Kunstgebäude am Schloßplatz), 50 Jahre Bauhaus, cat. no. 237, with full-page colour illus. p. 295 (stretcher labels verso)A certain witticism is initiated through the juxtaposition of the picture's title “Explosion” with the scarcely explosive effect of what is actually the cottony softness of the gently and silently floating geometric bodies, which seem to tenderly pass through one another in their alternatively translucent and opaque fomulations. An up and down, the relationship of the objects within the dark progression of the pictorial space, is provided by the compressed, boldly coloured objects cut off by the lower edge of the painting. These look like little individualised characters left behind on a theatrical stage; viewers positively seem to float along with the rest in “outer space”.Themes like time, space and velocity always play a role in Xanti Schawinsky's work. In the mid-1920s, he joined Oskar Schlemmer's theatre class at the Bauhaus in Weimar; his first piece, “Circus”, was presented in 1925. In the year our picture was painted, 1926, he created related works featuring abstract and boldly colourful architectural forms. Schawinsky was an established and active part of the “Bauhaus Group” and friends with Walter Gropius, Herbert Bayer and Josef Albers, among others. In the 1930s, he went to Italy, where a stay in Milan brought him commissions from Olivetti, Cinzano and San Pellegrino and he made the acquaintance of Fontana, Melotti and the Futurists. In 1936 he accepted Josef Albers's invitation to come to Black Mountain College in the US.The importance of our “Explosion” is demonstrated by the fact it was exhibited at the important show “50 Years of Bauhaus”, presented in Stuttgart in 1968.
Italian painter Giorgio Olivetti brilliantly renders full-bodied images of the actors Woody Allen (Jimmy Bond/Dr. Noah), Ursula Andress (Vesper Lynd), Peter Sellers (Evelyn Tremble/James Bond), Joanna Pettet (Mata Bond), David Niven (Sir James Bond) and Daliah Lavi (The Detainer) for this stunning set of large format Italian posters for the 1967 James Bond spy-spoof "Casino Royale". Terence Cooper is not shown, likely because he was the least famous of the ensemble and it would have meant an odd number. The three unrestored posters display very well, and it is highly unusual to see the three 4-foglios offered together in the same auction.55" x 78" (140 x 198 cm)Condition: GoodUnrestored, folded (as issued) - posters remain untrimmed with a serious of scattered pinholes, small rips, tears to the border areas with some paper loss. Each poster has four Italian postage stamps attached to the edges. Overall the image areas are unaffected with deep unfaded, bright colours. Artist: Giorgio Olivetti£2000 - 4000VAT Status: M
A Valentine typewriter,designed by Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti, 1969, with red carrying case,33cm wide34cm deep10cm highCondition report: Some marks to case, enamel chips to back, scuffing to top, behind Valentine moulded mark. Working condition. All keys working and carriage and return also work.
NO RESERVE Miscellaneous posters.- Pintori (Giovanni) Olivetti Summa 15, lithograph printed in colours, mounted on linen, sheet 690 x 480 mm. (27 1/4 x 18 7/8 in), very minor creases to extremities, unframed, Milan, 1955; together with 4 French Railways posters with designs by Salvador Dali, a Swiss travel poster by Marc Rudin, Grindelwald First, and five Formula 1 related posters, 4 are advertisements for Ferodo disc brakes, and the other is for Ferrari, lithographs, not mounted on linen, each approx 1010 x 630 mm (39 3/4 x 24 3/4 in), or smaller, occasional nicks and handling creases, unframed, [20th century] (10)
A vintage early 20th portable typewriter by Olivetti having articulated blank and chrome keys and is mounted mounted on a square base. Comes with a faux leather carrycase. Stamped Olivetti to the typewriter ribbon. Makers badge reads British Olivetti Ltd Glasgow, Made in Italy, Assembled in Great Britain.
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