Giorgio de Chirico 1888 - 1978

Collection Ugo Ferraris, Valence
Galleria d'Arte Rinaldo Rotta, Gênes
Collection particulière, Gênes
Collection particulière, Bologne
Acquis auprès du précédent par le propriétaire actuel

Aoste, Centro Saint-Bénin, Giorgio de Chirico. Il labirinto dei sogni e delle idee, 2012, reproduit dans le catalogue p. 59

Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico Catalogo Generale. Opere dal 1912 al 1976, vol. I, San Marino, 2014, no. 284, reproduit p. 277

The canvas is unlined. There are pinholes to the centre of right and left edges and a few additional pinholes predominately towards the extreme corners. There is a thin line of surface abrasion to the sky (approx. 6 cm from left edge and 10cm from upper edge) and a few tiny paint losses to the lower left corner. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. This work is in very good original condition.
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signed 'G. de Chirico' (lower left); oil on canvas. Painted in the 1950s.