Lot 389
  • 389

Giorgio de Chirico

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Giorgio de Chirico
  • Testa di cavallo
  • Signed G. de Chirico (lower left) 
  • Oil on canvas 
  • 15 7/8 by 19 5/8 in.
  • 40.2 by 49.8 cm

Provenance

Galleria Alexandre Iolas, Milan 
Private Collection, Bologna 
Sale: Minerva Auctions, Rome, April 30, 2013, lot 112
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner 

Condition

The canvas unlined. The colors are bright and fresh. Under UV light some original pigments fluoresce and some hairline vertical strokes of inpainting on the extreme right edge are present, likely to address prior frame abrasion. This work is in very good condition.
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