WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL
Mario Schifano (1934-1998)

Cleopatra's Dream

Price realised USD 893,000
Estimate
USD 150,000 – USD 200,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
Follow
Share
Scroll to top
Mario Schifano (1934-1998)

Cleopatra's Dream

Price realised USD 893,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2015
Price realised USD 893,000
Closed: 10 Nov 2015
Details
Mario Schifano (1934-1998)
Cleopatra's Dream
signed, titled and dated ‘Schifano 1960-61 Cleopatra’s Dream’ (on the reverse)
enamel and paper laid down on canvas
51 1/8 x 47 1/4 in. (129.8 x 120 cm.)
Executed in 1960-1961.
Provenance
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, New York
By descent to the present owner
Literature
A. C. Quintavalle, Mario Schifano 1960-1970, Parma, 1974.
Exhibited
Milan, Fondazione Marconi Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Schifano 1960-1964, Dal monocromo alla strada, February-March 2005, pp. 38-39 (illustrated).
London, Luxembourg & Dayan, Mario Schifano 1960-67, June-August 2014, pp. 12, 18-19 and 49 (illustrated in color).
Sale room notice
This work is recorded in the Archivio Mario Schifano, Rome, under no. 02969151016.

Brought to you by

Sara Friedlander
Sara Friedlander

Lot Essay

Related articles

More from Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale