Lot 22
  • 22

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO | Cavallo alla fonte

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Giorgio de Chirico
  • Cavallo alla fonte
  • signed G. de Chirico lower right
  • oil on canvasboard
  • 29,9 x 20 cm; 11 3/4  x 7 7/8  in.
Painted circa 1945.

Provenance

Galerie Russo, Rome;
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners, probably from the above

Exhibited

Giorgia de Chirico, Galleria dell'obelisco, Rome 1949, no. 800

Literature

Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale, Giorgio de Chirico, volume ottavo, opere dal 1931 al 1950, Milan, 1987, no. 753, illustrated

Condition

Oil on canvasboard. The board is slightly convex. There is an old uneven varnish preventing UV light from fully penetrating, however examination under UV light appears to reveal a tiny speck of retouching to the centre of the composition and some minor retouching in areas to the extreme edges consistent with some old frame abrasion. This work is in overall good condition.
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