Giorgio de Chirico

Jean Paulhan, Paris
Galerie Krugier & Cie, Geneva
Private Collection, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 20th May 1982, lot 155)
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Paris, Le Bateau Lavoir, Dessins Surréalistes, 1959
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Jean Paulhan et ses environs, 1967, no. 32
Paris, Grand Palais, Jean Paulhan à travers ses peintres, 1974, no. 494
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. 163, 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. 162, 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. 190, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, no. 169, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2005, no. 147, 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. 207, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Giorgio de Chirico: Werke 1909 - 1971 aus Schweizer Sammlungen, 2008, no. 30, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus. A Look into the Invisible, 2010, no. 7, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

James Thrall Soby, Giorgio de Chirico, New York, 1955, illustrated p. 84
Dix Ans d'Activité (exhibition catalogue), Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, 1983, no. 58
Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico, opere dal 1908 al 1930, Milan, 1987, vol. VIII, no. 465, illustrated n.p.
Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, L'opera completa di Giorgio de Chirico, 1908-1924, Milan, 1984, no. D4, illustrated p. 82 (titled Prospettiva con statua)
Paolo Baldacci, De Chirico, La Metafisica 1888-1919, Milan, 1997, no. D10, illustrated p. 125 (titled Disegno per un 'enigma'  and incorrectly dated)

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on card, which is taped to the window mount along the upper edge. The right edge is slightly unevenly cut and there is an artist's pinhole to the upper left corner. The sheet is slightly time stained, there is some mount staining along all four extreme edges, and there is an area of historic staining to the upper left corner (visible in the catalogue illustration) which may be inherent to the artist's process. There are some repaired tears to the edges and a tiny hole to the sculpture plinth in the lower right quadrant. There is a small spot of medium rubbing to the upper right quadrant and some light vertical surface scratches towards the upper edge. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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