Lot Essay
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Cavallo tenuto per la cavezza
Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Cavallo tenuto per la cavezza
signed 'G. de Chirico' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Length: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1940; this bronze version cast circa 1941
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Cavallo tenuto per la cavezza
signed 'G. de Chirico' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Length: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1940; this bronze version cast circa 1941
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Provenance
Luigi Bellini, Sr., Florence (gift from the artist, circa 1941).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1956.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1956.
Literature
C.B. Sakraischik, Catalogo Generale Giorgio de Chirico, opera dal 1931 al 1950, Venice, n.d., vol. III, no. 249 (terracotta version illustrated).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 109. M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 29 (another cast illustrated).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 109. M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 29 (another cast illustrated).