Start price: € 1,200

Estimate: € 2,000–2,400

Start price: RMB 9,000

Estimate: RMB 15,000–18,000

Size: 20.4 x 15.6 cm

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1977 on glossy Kodak RC paper, mounted on original paper mat 22.9 x 21.6 cm, in excellent condition. Signed and dated "1937" in black ink on the lower mount and signed in pencil on the reverse.

The Milan born graphic artist was one of the first Italians to follow the example of the legendary German art school Bauhaus. From the 1930s he devoted himself to abstraction and processes such as solarisation and photograms, also worked for the theatre and created experimental films. With his surrealist photographs he does not seek to merely reproduce the appearance of objects, but creates enigmatic signs by means of reflections, light and shadow.

明胶银盐照片，1977年印制在光面柯达RC纸上，装裱在原纸垫上，尺寸22.9 x 21.6厘米，状况极佳。下部装裱处用黑色墨水签名并注明“1937”，背面用铅笔签名。这位出生于米兰的平面艺术家是最早追随传奇德国艺术学校包豪斯的意大利人之一。从20世纪30年代起，他致力于抽象艺术和诸如太阳化和光影画等工艺，同时也为剧院工作并创作实验电影。通过他的超现实主义摄影作品，他不仅仅寻求重现物体的外观，而是通过反射、光和影创造出神秘的符号。