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Giorgio de Chirico

Cavallo con palafreniere orientale (Horse with Asian Groom)

Auction Closed

March 3, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Giorgio de Chirico

1888 - 1978

Cavallo con palafreniere orientale (Horse with Asian groom)


signed G. de Chirico (lower right); signed Giorgio de Chirico and inscribed Palafreniere orientale on the reverse

oil on canvas

50.3 by 60.1cm., 19⅞ by 23⅝in.

Framed: 62.8 by 72.9cm., 24¾ by 28¾in.

Painted in 1949.

The Tondi Collection, Cagliari
La Gradiva Gallery, Rome
Ca' d'Oro Gallery, Rome
Private Collection, Rome (acquired from the above in 1990. Sold: Christie's, London, 8th February 2012, lot 542)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo generale, Giorgio de Chirico, opere dal 1908 al 1930, Milan, 1976, vol. VI, no. 504, illustrated n.p. (with incorrect measurements)