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Mon 13 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Zeus, or Jupiter (The bearer of gaiety) Semire terracotta, 2002 89.6 x 59.2 x 39 cm Signature: "M D" on the base Date: "2002" barely legible on the plinth Other inscriptions: title ("ZEUS") and dedication ("DEDICATED TO HOLST") Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: D. Gegghele, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Scuptures, Cornuda, 2005, p. 53 (ill.) B. Buscaroli, Maurizio D'Agostini: the saga of existence. Introduction to the catalog of the exhibition at LAMeC, Vicenza, 2006. M. Rossi, Matter and feeling brought together by Maurizio D'Agostini. 40 works of sculpture and pastels at LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 06/17/2006 M. Rossi, An artist who translates into form what he dreams. At LAMeC the anthological exhibition curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, in La Voce dei Berici, 09.07.2006 R. Amaglio, D'Agostini. Il fantasticare diventa scultura, in La domenica di Vicenza, 07/27/2006 F. Girardello, I Pianeti, l'invenzione cosmica di Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp. 22-23 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011. G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 14-15 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibitions: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Imagination, matter and feeling, LAMeC Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, June 17-August 27, 2006 F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Fondazione Giovanni Battista Cima, Conegliano, May 1 - June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 90% (light impact damage) Conservation status. Surface: 90% (light friction damage) The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create sculptures that were able to represent the music I was listening to. It was a feat of which I am very proud, a research and experimentation that took me very far

Estim. 1 200 - 1 800 EUR

Mon 13 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Venus (the bringer of peace), 2005 Painted semire terracotta 57.8 x 46.5 x 47.7 cm Signature: "M D" engraved on the plate Date: "05" engraved on the plate Other inscriptions: title ("VENERE") and dedication ("A G. HOLST") engraved on the plate Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini. Imagination, matter and feeling, Vicenza, 2006, pp. 52-53 M. Rossi, Matter and feeling brought together by Maurizio D'Agostini. 40 works of sculpture and pastels at LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 06/17/2006 M. Rossi, An artist who translates into form what he dreams. At LAMeC the anthological exhibition curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, in La Voce dei Berici, 09.07.2006 R. Amaglio, D'Agostini. Il fantasticare diventa scultura, in La domenica di Vicenza, 07/27/2006 F. Girardello, I Pianeti, l'invenzione cosmica di Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp. 28-29 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011. G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128 (ill. bronze version) and 129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 20-21 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem M. Veladiano, Maurizio D'Agostini in "Atlas of Art," in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 07/28/2020, p. 39 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Imagination, matter and feeling, LAMeC Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, June 17-August 27, 2006 F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Fondazione Giovanni Battista Cima, Conegliano, May 1 - June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 85% (minor damage from impact and friction, e.g., to the plate) Conservation status. Surface: 90% The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create sculptures that were able to represent the music I was listening to. It was a feat of which I am very proud, a research and experimentation that took me very far into the world

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Mon 13 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Uranus (the magician), 2009 Painted semire terracotta 67.8 x 41.8 x 42.8 cm Signature: "M D" engraved on base Date: "09" engraved on base Other inscriptions: title ("URANO") and dedication ("A G. HOLST") engraved on base Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: F. Girardello, The Planets, the cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011 G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 26-27 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Giovanni Battista Cima Foundation, Conegliano, May 1-June 14, 2009 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition in the Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 85% (damaged and plastered parts) Conservation status. Surface: 90% The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create sculptures that were able to represent the music I was listening to. It was a feat of which I am very proud, a research and experimentation that took me very far into the exhilarating world of mystery and the unconscious. And thus were born in temporal order Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Uranus." (M. D'Agostini, excerpt from Carnet de voyage, in Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11). The allegorical significance of each planet is well summarized by Beatrice Buscaroli in the introduction to the 2016 exhibition (p. 9): "the seduction of Venus, the musical royalty of Jupiter, the imperative absoluteness of Mars, the swirling fluidity of Saturn, the protean and vibratile dimension of Mercury, the mystical gravity of Neptune, the labyrinthine structure of Uranus." The cycle-as it unfolds over the years-allows D'Agostini to recall his own apprenticeship in engraving, embossing and drawing at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vicenza, combining them with the experience of monumental sculpture, and the in-depth study of ceramics, which since 2004 he has begun to paint with oils and acrylics in the manner of the ancients (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 37). Thus was born a way of making sculpture that declares the

Estim. 1 200 - 1 800 EUR

Mon 13 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Mars (The Warbearer), 2004 Painted semire terracotta 85 x 34.3 x 36.5 cm Signature: "M D" engraved at the base of the tunic Date: "2004" engraved at the base of the tunic Other inscriptions: title ("MARTE") and dedication ("A G. HOLST") both at the base of the rune but on opposite sides Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini. Imagination, matter and feeling, Vicenza, 2006, p. 49 M. Rossi, Matter and feeling brought together by Maurizio D'Agostini. 40 works of sculpture and pastels at LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 06/17/2006 M. Rossi, An artist who translates into form what he dreams. At LAMeC the anthological exhibition curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, in La Voce dei Berici, 09.07.2006 R. Amaglio, D'Agostini. Il fantasticare diventa scultura, in La domenica di Vicenza, 07/27/06 F. Girardello, I Pianeti, l'invenzione cosmica di Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp. 26-27 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011. G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 18-19 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 R. Ammendola, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG2, Stories, 16.06.2020 M. Veladiano, Maurizio D'Agostini in the "Atlas of Art, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 28.07.2020, p. 39 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Imagination, matter and feeling, LAMeC Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, June 17-August 27, 2006 F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Fondazione Giovanni Battista Cima, Conegliano, May 1 - June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 75% (small recomposed fractures at the base) Conservation status. Surface: 75% (wear on surfaces, especially eminences) The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create scu

Estim. 1 200 - 1 800 EUR

Mon 13 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Neptune (the mystic), 2008 Painted semire terracotta 54.4 x 56.5 x 37.3 cm Signature: "M D" engraved on the lower false. Date: "08" engraved on lower false Other inscriptions: title "NETTUNO" engraved on the lower false and "G. HOLST" on the fragment Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: F. Girardello, The Planets, the cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp. 30-31 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011. G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 22-23 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 R. Ammendola, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG2, Stories, 16.06.2020 M. Veladiano, Maurizio D'Agostini in the "Atlas of Art, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 28.07.2020, p. 39 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Giovanni Battista Cima Foundation, Conegliano, May 1-June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 70% (multiple fractures reassembled and one not reassembled but with parts present) Conservation status. Surface: 90% (deposits) The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. I was intoxicated by those musics. My goal was to materialize those sounds according to my visions, to be able to create sculptures that were able to represent the music I was listening to. It was a feat of which I am very proud, a research and experimentation that took me very far into the exhilarating world of mystery and the unconscious. And thus were born in temporal order Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Uranus." (M. D'Agostini, excerpt from Carnet de voyage, in Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11). The allegorical significance of each planet is well summarized by Beatrice Buscaroli in the introduction to the 2016 exhibition (p. 9): "the seduction of Venus, the musical royalty of Jupiter, the imperative absoluteness of Mars, the swirling fluidity of Saturn, the protean and vibratile dimension of

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Wed 15 May

Harp from Cousineau Ebonized and gilded wood, maple veneer, wrought iron, fire-gilt bronze, brass, ivory fillet, wire. Engraved at the top "COUSINEAU PERE ET FILS À PARIS", embossed and gilded number "E 277". H 176.3, D 81 cm. Paris, Georges (1733 - 1800) and Jacques-Georges (1760 - 1836) Cousineau, 1775 - 1800. Sound and beauty The young Marie-Antoinette, who came to Paris in 1770 as the bride of the heir to the French throne, triggered a veritable fashion for the instrument as an enthusiastic harpist. The most sought-after harp makers of this era were Sébastien Erard, Georges Cousineau and Jean-Henri Naderman. All three worked closely with Jean Baptiste Krumpholtz, perhaps the greatest harpist of his time. Marie Antoinette's own harp was also made by Jean-Henri Naderman and is on display in Versailles, where it can be viewed. The harp presented here is signed by Cousineau Père et fils. The company was founded by Georges Cousineau in 1766. His son Jacques-Georges Cousineau became a partner in 1775. Like this example, their harps were usually equipped with seven pedals. These pedals operated a series of béquilles or double levers via a crutch mechanism, which allowed each string to be raised a semitone more precisely than was previously possible. Jacques-Georges continued to make instruments after his father's death, but traded under his own name as "Luthier et Maître de Harpe de l'impératrice Joséphine". He also performed as a harpist and wrote compositions. Harps by Cousineau can be found in the following museum collections, among others: Victoria and Albert Museum London, acc. no. 8531-1863. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, acc. no. 52.105, Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1952. Expert opinion Marketing authorization for the EU internal market available (DE-K-230201-14). This object was produced using materials for which a CITES permit is required for export to countries outside the EU. We would like to point out that a permit is not usually issued.

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Wed 15 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Saturn (the bearer of old age, or wisdom), 2002 Painted semire terracotta 50 x 42.6 x 48.2 cm Signature: "M D" etched on a flap Date: "2002" engraved on a flap Other inscriptions: title engraved on base ("THE TEMPLE OF SATURN") Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: D. Gegghele, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Scuptures, Cornuda, 2005, p. 52 (ill.) B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini. Imagination, matter and feeling, Vicenza, 2006, p. 27 M. Rossi, Matter and feeling brought together by Maurizio D'Agostini. 40 works of sculpture and pastels at LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 06/17/2006 M. Rossi, An artist who translates into form what he dreams. At LAMeC the anthological exhibition curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, in La Voce dei Berici, 09.07.2006 R. Amaglio, D'Agostini. Il fantasticare diventa scultura, in La domenica di Vicenza, 07/27/2006 F. Girardello, I Pianeti, l'invenzione cosmica di Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp, 32-33 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011 G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 16-17 (ill,) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem M. Veladiano, Maurizio D'Agostini in "Atlas of Art," in Il Giornale di Vicenza, 07/28/2020, p. 39 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: B. Buscaroli, ed, Maurizio D'Agostini, Imagination, matter and feeling, LAMeC Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, June 17-August 27, 2006 F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Fondazione Giovanni Battista Cima, Conegliano, May 1 - June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 85% (minor damage) Conservation status. Surface: 90% The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on the planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. (... continued: complete sheet in the catalog pdf at the link https://goforarts.com/doc/VB_IT_2_2/Meraviglie_Atto_II_HR.pdf . The catalog also includes lots not available on online platforms, including many of the most prestigious).

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Wed 15 May

Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) - Maurizio D'Agostini (1946) Mercury (the winged messenger), 2008 Painted semire terracotta 64.2 x 52 x 51.5 cm Signature: "M D" engraved on base Date: "08" engraved on base Other inscriptions: title "MERCURY" and "HOMAGE TO G. HOLST" engraved on base Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: F. Girardello, The Planets, the cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Catalogue of the exhibition at the G. B. Cima da Conegliano Foundation, 2009 G. Grossato, D'Agostini on the trail of Holst, and the planets become sculptures, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, July 9, 2009 M. Valediano, An argonaut along enigmatic routes, in Il Giornale di Vicenza, Nov. 18, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Sondrio, 2011, pp, 32-33 (ill.) G. Grossato, The planets of Maurizio D'Agostini, in Artantis, Palermo, July-August 2011 G. Grossato, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini a casa dell'astronomo Piazzi, in Il Giornale di Vicenza," May 11, 2011 Aa. Vv., Encyclopedia Contemporary Artists, Rome, 2013, pp. 128-129 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, texts by, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Costa di Mezzate, 2016, pp. 9, 11, 24-25 (ill.) D. Radini Tedeschi and S. Pieralice, "Atlas of Art," Novara, 2020, sub vocem G. Maritati, The Atlas of Art 2020, in TG1, 11.06.2020 A. Keran, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. The metaphysical key to Matter, in Amedit, autumn 2020 Exhibits: F. Girardello, ed, The Planets. The cosmic invention of Maurizio D'Agostini, Giovanni Battista Cima Foundation, Conegliano, May 1-June 14, 2009 C. Franchetti, ed, The Planets of Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Piazzi, Sondrio, April 24 - May 15, 2011 AA. Vv., "The Seven Planets. Homage to Gustav Holst," traveling exhibition at Veneto Banca offices in Bari (Palazzo Barone Ferrara), Fabriano, Verona, Verbania, 2014 B. Buscaroli and P. Levi, eds, I pianeti di Maurizio D'Agostini. Homage to Gustav Holst, Veneto Banca, 2016 Conservation status. Support: 60% (wings fractured and reassembled but unstable; impact and friction damage especially at base) Conservation status. Surface: 90%. The work is part of a series created by D'Agostini in the early 2000s on planets, dedicated to Gustav Holst (1874-1934), who had worldwide success with the suite "The Planets." "I became fascinated," says the artist, who had already sketched Man of the Stars in pastel in 1999 (Buscaroli and Levi 2016, p. 11), "with the musical suite of Gustav Holst's 'The Seven Planets' at the home of friends, the Borgato couple. Paola and Luigi Borgato are piano makers. That evening they invited me to dinner. With us was also pianist Igor Roma. It was a beautiful Fall evening in 2001, and after dinner, to conclude that warm and jovial meeting, Igor took a seat at the piano (a Borgato grand piano, of course!), an exceptional instrument as black as night and as shiny as a mirror. And there, with his fingers running furiously over the keyboard, Igor introduced me to Gustav Holst's War-bearing Mars. The impact was immediate, I was literally captivated by those powerful sounds, some of which I already knew from hearing them in some action movie soundtracks. I confess that I did not know Holst, the composer, but his music, a little! I was going through a period of creative crisis, as has always happened to me, on and off. I was in a situation where I was in great need, absolute need of a spark to light the fuse of my creative imagination, and Mars the warbearer was real dynamite! That famous evening, returning home, my soul was wonderfully well. An ambitious, superb project came to my mind: I would make my seven planets based on the music of Gustav Holst. Listening to the divine Holst, my characters were born within seven years. (... continued: complete sheet in the catalog pdf at the link https://goforarts.com/doc/VB_IT_2_2/Meraviglie_Atto_II_HR.pdf . The catalog also includes lots not available on online platforms, including many of the most prestigious).

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Thu 16 May

Marcel DUCHAMP (1887-1968). Alert box. Missives Lascives - 1959 / 1960. Set of documents contained in a 28.5 x 18 cm green cardboard letter box with opening, mobile cap, title on front followed by a label printed in red: "Missives lascives" and, on the left side, printed on a line "Exposition internationale du Surréalisme". Surrealist box composed by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp as a receptacle for the catalog of the Exposition internationale du Surréalisme (1959-1960) organized at the Galerie Daniel Cordier, and various other documents detailed below:. 1 - The exhibition catalog, large, 144 pp. narrow In-8, heavily illustrated, paperback,. illustrated cover, numbered 5/200. 2 - Nine Missives lascives including: - 1. Robert Benayoum, pink envelope "À ne ouvrir sous aucun prétexte" containing. Le Corridor, illustrated booklet in four parts. - 2 Micheline Bounoure, yellow envelope "Sois ardent en forêt" containing two original compositions in symmetrical colors on a single sheet obtained by folding. - 3 Alain Joubert, pale green envelope containing "La Perle fine", text printed on four sheets. - 4. red envelope "Avez-vous pensé à donner un peu de sang" (Have you thought of giving a little blood?) containing a printed brochure: La Pointe. - 5 R. Benayoum, white "Strictly personal" envelope containing an authorization to republish a redacted text. - 6 Octavio Paz, aerogram "Huis clos" containing Edemira B. printed on two sheets and two photographs. - 7. transparent envelope "Avis de souffrance" containing an anonymous booklet. "Letters from a sadist". - 8 André Pieyre de Mandiargues, orange envelope "Usage externe" containing a brochure "La Marée" - 9. A white window envelope containing a woman's black stocking marked "Haut" by Mimi Parent. 3 - A cable on pink paper by Marcel Duchamp "À vous chez André Breton"... 4 - A double-sided 45 rpm vinyl record with texts by: side a. J. Mansour, "L'ivresse religieuse des grandes villes"; side b. B. Péret, "La Brebis galante"... 5 - Six color postcards by Bellmer, Dali, Gorky, Miró, Svanberg, Clovis Trouille... 6 - Four original lithographs numbered 52/200 signed by the artists: Marie Toyen, Max Walter Svanberg, Adrien Dax and Joan Miro and one etching numbered 52/200 and signed by Jacques Le Maréchal... Note: Rare, perfect condition, with original black packaging.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Thu 23 May

Brian Jones Autograph Letter Signed, Sent to the First Secretary of the Rolling Stones Fan Club - ALS signed “Brian,” penned in black ballpoint on both sides of a 5 x 5 section of a very rare handbill promoting the Rolling Stones’ Sunday residency at the Ken Colyer Jazz Club (Studio 51) in London in June 1963. The handwritten letter, which is addressed to Doreen Pettifer, the first secretary of the Rolling Stones Fan Club, reads: “Sorry, no photos of us - but I’m sending a few others for you to go on with plus a few other items which may be of interest to you.” Interestingly, Jones has crossed out the ‘Studio 51’ club name and address and replaced them with “Palladium” and “Argyll St. W.1.” Jones continues on the reverse: “With compliments, the Stones. All completed love. The things we do for you! (The things we’d like to do for you!!) Can I open an account at you bank?” In very good to fine condition, with paper loss to the bottom, a tape stain, and central horizontal fold. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and the original hand-addressed mailing envelope, which was postmarked in Chelsea on June 25, 1963. The consignor notes that the letter originates from the collection of Doreen Pettifer, the Surrey-based teenager who would go on to set up The Rolling Stones Fan Club and become the group’s first-ever fan club secretary after meeting them at the Wooden Bridge Jazz Club in Surrey, England on March 29, 1963. Pettifer was so impressed by the Stones's performance that she approached Mick Jagger and mentioned that she could put the group in touch with the disc jockey David Jacobs and get them an audition to be on television. Pettifer had previously been on the panel of Juke Box Jury and was still in contact with the presenter, Jacobs. After returning home on the evening of March 29th she immediately typed her first letter to Jacobs to promote her discovery. In the coming months, Pettifer would selflessly write to almost every television station, radio station, and music-related magazine to let them know about The Rolling Stones; she even approached the BBC to try to get the group an audition. During this period she was constantly in direct contact with the members of the group keeping them informed about her promotional activities. In early June 1963 Pettifer approached Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham to request that she be allowed to set up the first official Rolling Stones Fan Club. Oldham passed the request on to Eric Easton who handled the Rolling Stones business matters. On June 14, 1963, Easton replied to Pettifer to give her the go-ahead to set up the fan club and offered her any help necessary to start the club. In July 1963 the first ever Rolling Stones fan club newsletter was mailed out. Wishing to remain anonymous, Pettifer adopted the pseudonym Diane Nelson in her position as fan club secretary. Doreen Pettifer pioneered the Stones and their music throughout 1963 and 1964 and wrote an authorized and still unpublished manuscript documenting the genesis of the group. In the second half of the sixties, she became involved in fan club work for a host of groups including Eric Clapton and John Mayall’s Bluebreakers.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 USD

Thu 23 May

Prince's Stage-Used Yamaha C5 Grand Piano from the 'Piano & a Microphone Tour' - Prince's stage-used black Yamaha C5 grand piano from the Australia/New Zealand leg of the 'Piano & a Microphone Tour,' played during his shows in Melbourne, Sydney, and Auckland from February 16-24, 2016. The piano is serial no. X6376754, and originates from the collection of Prince's tour promoter. Renowned for their delicate attack, rich harmonics, and beautiful resonance, Yamaha's C-series pianos are the most widely recorded pianos in the music industry: the C5 grand piano features a large 6' 7" cabinet that offers increased volume and boldness, and was Prince's personal choice for the Piano & a Microphone Tour—concert series that focused exclusively on his voice and his instrument. In addition to his two shows at the Sydney Opera House, Prince played this piano at the State Theatre in Melbourne, the State Theatre in Sydney, and the ASB Theatre in Auckland. The piano currently resides in France, from where it will be crated and shipped; the buyer is responsible for all associated costs. In a December 2015 interview in anticipation of the tour, Prince said: 'I'm doing it to challenge myself, I won't know what songs I'm going to do when I go on stage. I won't have to, because I won't have a band.' Among the classics he played during his Australian shows were 'Let's Go Crazy,' 'Little Red Corvette,' 'Raspberry Beret,' 'Kiss,' 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' 'Diamonds and Pearls,' and 'Purple Rain.' Each was an act of remixing and reinvention, with Prince forgoing his usual electric guitar for the Yamaha C5. The Sydney Morning Herald's review praised Prince's piano playing on the 'extraordinary tour,' which would prove to be his last: 'You've seen him play the guitar like Jimi Hendrix, dance like James Brown and, if you're getting on a bit, do everything from shoot basketball hoops to (ahem) hump his microphone during his spectacular full-band shows. What you probably haven't seen is Prince, the last musical genius of his enigmatic, obscenely talented kind, sing to you while playing a piano for a couple of hours, brilliantly reinventing selections popular and otherwise from his vast catalogue and showing why he caused a national incident for music fans when this brief Australian tour was announced a mere three weeks ago...He's a virtuoso on piano, to be sure, as adept at getting you on your feet to the irresistible funk of Girls & Boys (yes, on only a piano), as at playfully seducing you (How Come U Don't Call Me Any More) or even just playing beautifully (Venus de Milo).' An exquisite stage-used concert piano from Prince's final tour, representing his unrivaled showmanship, versatility, and legacy of popular music.

Estim. 200 000 - 400 000 USD
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