ID 667389
Lot 359 | GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
I giocattoli del principe (The Playthings of the Prince)
signed and dated 'g. de Chirico 1972' (lower right)
oil on canvas
55 x 35.5 cm. (21 5⁄8 x 14 in.)
Painted in 1972
Provenance
Centro Arte Internazionale, Milan
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above in the 1990s; sale, Christie's London, 28 June 2017, Lot 400
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is recorded in the archives under the number 031⁄07/12
Literature
K. Robinson, 'L'armonia nascosta.Il gioco del re' in Metafisica. Quaderni della Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, no. 5-6, Rome, 2006, pp. 119-121 (illustrated fig. 24, p. 120).
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, (ed.), Giorgio de Chirico, Catalogo generale, Opere dal 1912 al 1976, vol.1, Rome, 2014, no. 418, pp. 48 and 461 (illustrated p. 388).
Exhibited
Reggio Calabria, Museo Nazionale, Omaggio a Giorgio de Chirico, December 1972 - January 1973, no. 36, n.p. (illustrated).
| Artist: | Giorgio de Chirico (1888 - 1978) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
| Artist: | Giorgio de Chirico (1888 - 1978) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil |
| Art style: | Surrealism |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
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