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Giorgio de Chirico
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Piazza d'Italia
- signed; signed, titled and extensively inscribed on the reverse
- oil on canvas
- 30.2 by 40cm.; 11 3/4 by 15 3/4 in.
Provenance
Galleria Blu, Milan (acquired by 1971)
Galleria Rotta, Genoa
Sale: Brerarte, Milan, 22 March 1988
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Galleria Rotta, Genoa
Sale: Brerarte, Milan, 22 March 1988
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, vol. III, Milan, 1971, no. 394, illustrated
Condition
The canvas is not lined. There are artist's pinholes to all four corners and a further few to the extreme right edge. UV examination reveals a few small spots and lines of retouching to the right part of the extreme upper edge and a further few tiny spots of retouching to the extreme right edge. There is some extremely minor paint shrinkage to the brown pigment framed by the second right arch of the right-hand arcade. Otherwise, this work is in overall very good condition.
Colours: fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though overall slightly lighter and warmer in the original.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
‘Giorgio de Chirico expresses as no one else has done the poignant melancholy of the close of a beautiful day in an old Italian city where, at the back of a lonely piazza, beyond the setting of loggias, porticos, and monuments to the past, a train chugs […] or a soaring factory chimney sends smoke into the cloudless sky.’
Ardengo Soffici, ‘De Chirico e Savinio’, in Lacerba, 1st July 1914, translated from the Italian