ID 717864
Lot 408 | GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Estimate value
£ 35 000 – 55 000
Cavallo bianco in una battaglia
signed 'G. de Chirico' (upper right)
oil on canvas
12 1⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in. (30.9 x 42.8 cm.)
Painted in 1948
Provenance
Ribeiro Collection, Rio de Janiero, by 1973.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 February 1987, lot 108.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, vol. III, Opere dal 1931 al 1950**, Milan, 1971, no. 273 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Giorgio de Chirico, A Metaphysical Life, November 2000 - January 2001, no. 44, p. 114 (illustrated; dated 'circa 1942'); this exhibition later travelled to Ishikawa, Prefectural Museum of Art, June 2001; Oita, Art Museum, June - July 2001, and Kyoto, Museum EKi, September - October 2001.
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| Artist: | Giorgio de Chirico (1888 - 1978) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Artist: | Giorgio de Chirico (1888 - 1978) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Impressionism, Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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