May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

UBERTO BONETTI (1909-1993) ET AL.

[FUTURIST PORTRAITS]. Group of 5 postcards & 2 original watercolors.


Postcards approx. 6x4 inches, 15 1/4x10 cm, drawings approx. 7 1/2x6 inches, 19x15 1/4 cm.
Condition varies, generally A- / B+. Two watercolor and pencil portraits on paper, one tipped to black paper. Three postcards have handwriting on verso; some staining and skinning.

Includes photo-portrait postcards of F.T. Marinetti, Ruggero Vasari, 2 of Giovanni Papini and a photocollage by Tato, as well as two portrait drawings by Umberto Bonetti (one of Marinetti, and one of "Thayaht" - Ernesto Michahelles). Images available upon request.

Additional Details

From the collection of Albert P. Albano.