Discover masterful examples from some of the most important Italian artists from the 20th Century.

Auction Highlights 

White is the additive synthesis of all the colors of the visible spectrum. An absolute color that gathers within itself all the nuances of the world, exerting a profound fascination on twentieth-century artists. Their responses to this allure are manifold: from Penone’s transfigured nature to Schifano’s urban landscapes, from Fontana’s rarefied, annihilated space to Castellani’s rhythmic tensions up to Mauri’s conceptual reflections. In this hue, the most difficult to master, each artist has inscribed his own unique and unrepeatable vision of artistic creation.

Declinations of White

From postwar figurative, to the explorations of informalism to ‘arte povera’, eventually to the outcomes of the Pop season, postwar Italian art underwent a period of extraordinary vitality. It was marked by a succession of powerful stimuli and innovative tensions that gave rise to expressive languages of great impact and to creative currents of international significance.

An Italian perspective on the last century, in the balance between figuration and abstraction.

Novecento Italiano

A selection of gems: small-scale works, yet fully representative of each artist. Paintings and sculptures that, despite their intimate dimensions, encapsulate the most complete essence and the highest synthesis of their creators’ poetics – whether contemporary or historically established – from Elisabeth Peyton to Lucio Fontana.

Small Gems

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This season’s Modern and Contemporary Auction in Milan showcases a vibrant selection of works by some of the most celebrated artists of recent decades. From twentieth-century masters such as Lucio Fontana, Emilio Vedova, Mario Schifano, Alberto Burri, and Fausto Melotti, to leading contemporary voices including Lisa Yuskavage, William&nbsp;N. Copley, and Elizabeth Peyton, the sale traces the evolving dialogue of modern and contemporary art from the 20th to the 21st century.