Mimmo Rotella, Serata Eccezionale, 1961. Estimate: €130,000–180,000
"I love Rotella’s work and I always liked his use of collage - it’s a way of expressing yourself through a third medium: paper. This work has a real intimate quality to it and I really like this intimacy; it reminds me of my diaries."
Alighiero Boetti, Divine astrazioni, 1987. Estimate: €30,000–40,000
"I’ve always loved the Boetti ‘richiami’ of the lettering. In this piece, I love the colour, the composition and the rigor. There is something very joyful about the colours and a strong rigor in the squares and the fonts he uses. It’s a piece of art of an Italian period which I very much love."
Gino De Dominicis, Senza titolo (Torre dei Sumeri), 1986. Estimate: €40,000–60,000
"This piece is very rigorous and contemplative. It’s also quite abstract, the temple itself is objectified and we don’t know what it is overlooking, so it’s quite mysterious. Mystery and objectification. Stillness and intrigue."
Piero Dorazio Fouilles, 1968. Estimate: €80,000–120,000
"It’s a joyful piece. A great representation of the dynamism of the 1980s."
Jean Arp, Constellation d'anniversaire, 1962. Estimate: €12,000–15,000
"Jean Arp was a sculptor, a painter, a poet and you can see all the elements in his work. It’s abstract but because of the soft lines it’s also quite relatable, not too strong. It’s kind and it feels organic, and intimate. He was one of Peggy Guggenheim’s artists and she had an incredible eye."
Man Ray, Optic-Topic, 1978. Estimate: €5,000–7,000
"It’s very sweet and I love the scale of it. The mask that we all put on. It’s intimate, and the depth of the mask makes me look inwards. It also makes me think of psychoanalysis."
Atsuko Tanaka, D1, 1986. Estimate: €60,000–80,000
"There is a joyfulness to this painting, and also a rigor. I really like the mixture of both. I like the ‘free’ hand quality. I love circles and the infinity they represent. It also feels spontaneous. It reminds me of my art teacher from Rhode Island School of Design, Alfred De Credico."
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, Natura, 1967. Estimate: €80,000–120,000
"I have always been a big fan of Lucio Fontana and I find these sculptures beautiful. They look heavy and yet have a particular lightness to them."