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Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco has confirmed the authenticity of this gouache, which he will include in his forthcoming edition of De Chirico, Gli Anni Trenta.
Combattimento eroico
Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Chirico, G. de
Combattimento eroico
signed 'G. de Chirico' (lower right)
gouache over pencil on buff paper laid down on board
8 x 13 in. (21.6 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1935-1936
Chirico, G. de
Combattimento eroico
signed 'G. de Chirico' (lower right)
gouache over pencil on buff paper laid down on board
8 x 13 in. (21.6 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1935-1936
Provenance
Count Vincent Orssich, New York (by descent to the present owner)
Exhibited
(possibly) New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Giorgio de Chirico: Paintings and Gouaches, October-November 1936.