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Domenico Gnoli, the painter of detail at auction

2021-11-29T18:18:17.116Z


Made a year before his untimely death, a rare canvas by this Italian artist arrives from Switzerland to be sold in Paris, at Millon.


A single blow of the hammer for a work!

This is one of the new formats from Alexandre Millon's auction house, which will award, on December 2, in the salons of the Trocadéro (5, avenue d'Eylau), a major painting by Domenico Gnoli

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, remained in private hands for over forty-five years.

It comes from a Swiss collector who has already entrusted the auctioneer with a Mark Tobey, sold on November 22 for 910,000 euros (with fees), less than her last record at Sotheby's, in 2018. It is through her network that the latter won the deal.

With an estimate of 1 to 1.5 million euros, it should be one of the biggest prizes of the season in modern art, in Paris.

Disturbing realism

The appearance of a Gnoli in the capital is not customary.

Especially since the Italian artist, known for having transformed everyday objects into abstract masterpieces, does not often appear on the market.

Prematurely died, at 36, he mainly painted between 1964 and 1970. And his

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Source: lefigaro

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