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Alberto Magnelli, Pierres, 1932, Tempera on canvas over tarred paper© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Pierres

Alberto Magnelli (Italian, 1888–1971) · 1932

CHF 13,000 hammer

≈ $16,254≈ £12,028≈ €13,910

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Medium
Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →
As published: “Tempera on canvas over tarred paper”
Support
Canvas
Signed / inscribed
Signed
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
46 x 38 cm
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 287: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Live Auction (287)
Date
September 11, 2025
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
402
Estimate
CHF 18,000 – — (≈ $22,505) (≈ £16,655) (≈ €19,260)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
  • Directly acquired from the artist by
  • Collection Anna Blankart, by inheritance (1987) to
  • Private collection Switzerland
Literature (4)
  • See Carmen Sylvia Weber (ed.), Alberto Magnelli 1888-1971, Plastischer Atem der Malerei, exhibition catalogue Museum Würth, Künzelsau 2000, p. 79ff.
  • See Daniel Abadie, Alberto Magnelli, Pionnier de l'abstraction, exhibition catalogue Brussels/La Chaux-de-Fonds, Musée d'Ixelles/Musée des beaux-arts, Brussels 2013, p. 80-83
  • Exhibition
  • Zurich 1963, Kunsthaus, Alberto Magnelli, cat. no. 46 (There titled "Pierres sur toile goudronnée" and in the catalogue, by mistake, another work illustrated under fig. No. 6), Verso with label

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