Lot 179
  • 179

Giorgio de Chirico

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Giorgio de Chirico
  • Autoritratto
  • signed G. de Chirico and inscribed Se ipsum delineavit anno aetatis suae XXXII (lower left)
  • pencil on paper
  • 35.3 by 25cm., 13 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Provenance

René Berger
Patrice Barbé, Paris
Acquired by the late owner in October 1983

Exhibited

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Valori Plastici, 1998-99, no. 98, illustrated in the catalogue
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin & Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 164, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 163, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 191, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, no. 208, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico, opere dal 1908 al 1930, Milan, 1987, vol. VIII, n° 479, illustrated n.p.

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and t-hinged to the mount at each corner along the upper edge. All four edges are unevenly cut. The sheet is time-stained and there is staining and glue remnants relating to previous mounting on the reverse. There are some spots of scattered foxing marks in places away from the image and a 5mm tear towards the upper right edge. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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