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The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Cavallo e cavaliere con berretto frigio (Dioscuro)
Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Cavallo e cavaliere con berretto frigio (Dioscuro)
signed 'G. de Chirico' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Length: 11½ in. (29.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1940; this bronze version cast circa 1941
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.
Cavallo e cavaliere con berretto frigio (Dioscuro)
signed 'G. de Chirico' (on the back of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13 in. (33 cm.)
Length: 11½ in. (29.2 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, opere dal 1931 al 1950, Venice, 1972, vol. II, nos. 131 and 132, p. 57 (another cast illustrated, p. 19).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 104, no. 3 (another cast illustrated, p. 47).
P. Baldacci, De Chirico, The Centenary Scupltures, Milan, 1995, no. 30, fig. 45 (another cast illustrated).
M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 27 (another cast illustrated).
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 104, no. 3 (another cast illustrated, p. 47).
P. Baldacci, De Chirico, The Centenary Scupltures, Milan, 1995, no. 30, fig. 45 (another cast illustrated).
M. Calvesi and M. Ursino, eds., De Chirico, The New Metaphysics, Rome, 1996, no. 27 (another cast illustrated).