Lot Essay
This sculpture depicts Hector, the son of Priam, King of Troy, with his wife Andromache. From Homer's Iliad onward the couple was emblematic of noble but doomed love.
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Property from the Private Collection of Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Co-Founder of the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Ettore e Andromaca
Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Ettore e Andromaca
signed and numbered 'G. de Chirico 5/8' (on the base), and stamped with foundry mark 'FONDERIA D'ARTE TESCONI' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 99 in. (251 cm.)
Width: 51 in. (129.6 cm.)
Depth: 35¾ in. (90.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1940; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, 1986
Ettore e Andromaca
signed and numbered 'G. de Chirico 5/8' (on the base), and stamped with foundry mark 'FONDERIA D'ARTE TESCONI' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 99 in. (251 cm.)
Width: 51 in. (129.6 cm.)
Depth: 35¾ in. (90.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1940; this bronze version cast by the estate of the artist, 1986
Provenance
Claudio Bruni Sakraischik, Rome.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner, 1991.
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner, 1991.
Literature
C.B. Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, opera dal 1931 al 1950, Milan, 1987, vol. VIII, no. 719 (another cast illustrated).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, no. 6, p. 105 (small bronze version illustrated, p. 53).
M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, ed., De Chirico: The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 30 (another cast illustrated).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, no. 6, p. 105 (small bronze version illustrated, p. 53).
M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, ed., De Chirico: The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 30 (another cast illustrated).