Severinis for sale at upcoming notable Sotheby’s auction

Sotheby’s
20th Century Italian Art Including Italian Identity – an Important Private Collection
October 13, 2011
London

Train arrivant à Paris was originally given to the Dutch collector H. van Assendelft by Severini himself in 1916. Van Assendelft was an early friend and patron of Kandinsky, Mondrian and Severini, and was the first owner of the Stedelijk Museum’s train painting. (Tate)

Train arrivant à Paris is estimated at £500,000-700,000. UPDATE: SOLD hammer price £735,650

Natura morta con arance, 1917, is estimated at £400,000-600,00. NOT SOLD

Let us not forget the Severini which sold in 2008 for £15.04 million (NYTimes) – making it the most expensive Futurist work ever sold at auction.

More on the sale here.

More images of Severini’s work here on Mid-Centuria.