Tomaso Kemeny
Società di Poesia - Guanda

Umberto Saba
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Giordano Bruno
Sansoni

France, Late XVIII Century

Provencal cherry wardrobe, on the front a pair of tripartite doors surmounting a single drawer at the base, sides also tripartite and wavy feet culminating in a curl. Wrought iron hinges applied along the entire upright of the wardrobe, as well as the internal locking lock, of which a pin is missing. France, late 18th century.

Simon Production 70s-80s

Chair in lacquered plywood.

Relief Painting '58-'68

Mixed media on canvas, with material applications. From 1958 to 1968 ORAZI, who had already moved from the figurative to the abstract phase, devoted himself to creating compositions in relief: he collected and used materials and fibres of different types, especially natural materials and fibres such as tiny grains of sand, seeds, plant filaments and fragments of bark, with which he created relief shapes that emerged from the surface of the canvas. The basis of this artistic experience, called Peinture en Relief, was the exploration of nature, its components and its phenomena (flowers, plants, sands, rocks, volcanic lava, coasts and seabeds, eruptions, storms, petrified meteorites). The works of this period were initially characterised by a still rather low relief; but subsequently the relief became more and more pronounced, often coming out of the perimeter of the support, to the point of appearing more like statues than paintings. The work is presented in a frame. From a collection of the artist's family.

Michel Reddé, Jean-Claude Golvin
Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato

I paesi che si affacciano sul Mediterraneo conobbero la loro massima coesione politica sotto l'impero romano, le cui terre gravitavano attorno al fulcro costituito dal Mare Nostrum. Il volume I romani e il Mediterraneo ci invita a compiere un viaggio tra le diverse sponde di questo mare: ci descrive le caratteristiche delle imbarcazioni mercantili e delle navi militari; tratteggia le caratteristiche della navigazione di un tempo soffermandosi sui tempi della navigazione, le condizioni della vita a bordo, i pericoli più temuti dai marinai; delinea le rotte commerciali dei beni di primaria necessità, dei prodotti di lusso e delle opere d'arte, ricostruendo così la vita economica dei primi secoli dell'era cristiana. Questo vivace e appassionante affresco del mondo romano è ulteriormente valorizzato da un ricco corredo di tavole acquerellate realizzato appositamente per l'opera, in cui sono riprodotte le caratteristiche salienti delle imbarcazioni, le loro manovre e le principali città portuali.

Relief Painting, 1958-1968

Mixed technique on canvas, with material and plate applications. On the back there is a label from a Parisian art transport service, with the artist's name: ORAZI's works participated in numerous exhibitions in the French capital, both personal and collective. From 1958 to 1968 ORAZI, who had already moved from the figurative to the abstract phase, dedicated himself to creating compositions in relief: he collected and used materials and fibres of different types, especially natural materials and fibres such as tiny grains of sand, seeds, plant filaments and fragments of bark, with which he created relief shapes that emerge from the surface of the canvas. The basis of this artistic experience, called Peinture en Relief, is the exploration of nature, its components and phenomena (flowers, plants, sand, rocks, volcanic lava, coasts and seabeds, eruptions, storms, petrified meteorites). The works of this period were initially characterised by a still rather low relief; but subsequently the relief became more and more pronounced, often coming out of the perimeter of the support, to the point of appearing more like statues than paintings. Often in these works there is a reference to volcanic activity and the material it produces, sometimes expressed in titles such as "Lava Flow", "Volcanic Sands", Volcanic Beaches". The work is presented in a frame. Coming from the artist's family collection.

1960s

Hinged door cabinet, exotic wood veneer, glass shelf. Decent condition, to be restored.

Italy, XVIII Century

Wing sofa in ebonized walnut, supported by curved legs, armrests with leaf carvings and curl. Padded seat, back and armrests. Italy, 18th century.

s.a.
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

4 Mahogany Chairs

Four chairs from the first half of the 19th century, made of mahogany, have turned front legs with the front band of the seat partially carved, the backrest is open with a central carved folder like the upper one in which a compartment for the grip of the chairs is perforated. The model is derived from English chairs of the same period.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Art nouveau Cupboard in cherry wood richly carved with floral, leafy, fruit and sabre-like scrolls. Base with three doors surmounted by three drawers in the band under the top, upper part with pair of bevelled glass doors and open compartments. Italy, late 19th century.

Relief Painting '58-'68

Mixed media on canvas, with material applications. Signed lower right. From 1958 to 1968 ORAZI, who had already moved from the figurative to the abstract phase, devoted himself to creating compositions in relief: he collected and used materials and fibres of different types, especially natural materials and fibres such as tiny grains of sand, seeds, plant filaments and fragments of bark, with which he created relief shapes that emerged from the surface of the canvas. The basis of this artistic experience, called Peinture en Relief, was the exploration of nature, its components and its phenomena (flowers, plants, sands, rocks, volcanic lava, coasts and seabeds, eruptions, storms, petrified meteorites). The works of this period were initially characterised by a still rather low relief; but subsequently the relief became more and more pronounced, often coming out of the perimeter of the support, to the point of appearing more like statues than paintings. The work is presented in a frame. From a collection of the artist's family.

1960s

Vintage rectangular wall mirror, made in Italy, with particular embossed copper decoration on the upper and lower part. Good condition.

Italy, 1970s

Pair of single-flower glass vases with removable serpentine decoration. Manufacturer's label under the base.

106 x 69 In

Asian wool carpet, large knot, hand made.

AA.VV.
[Svolta]

Lovers, 1975 ca.

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. The painting belongs to ORAZI's production from the 1970s. In this phase the artist abandoned completely abstract and relief painting and returned to figurative painting, rendered however with simplified and distorted lines. In particular, he created the series called Lignes Circulaires and the one, to which this work belongs, of paintings called Têtes-Paysage, in which he created compositions that depict mysterious human heads or heads of fauns and mythological figures (sometimes accompanied by their insect companions), often couples of lovers kissing: the lines, in these paintings, intertwine to simultaneously form compositions, intertwining bodies, often in an erotic attitude. The work comes from the artist's family's private collection.

Table; tinted beechwood with back treated glass, brass tips.

Characteristic bamboo cradle.

Italy, Late XIX Century

Jewel casket in dark-patina iron decorated in neo-Renaissance style. The full-field paintings are presented within reserves and depict masks wrapped in racemes, leafy scrolls and mythological animals.

Claudio Gianotto
Edizioni Paoline - Figlie di San Paolo

I testi raccolti in questa antologia documentano un dibattito particolarmente intenso all'interno della letteratura cristiana antica: come possono convivere Legge e Vangelo? È possibile professare la fede in Gesù Cristo senza abbandonare la Sinagoga? L'esperienza di gruppi di cristiani provenienti dal giudaismo, sempre più marginalizzata, rivive in queste testimonianze che, grazie all'accurato commento del curatore, sottratte dal loro contesto spesso polemico, diventano un supporto fondamentale per conoscere le origini della storia cristiana.