Lot Essay
Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco dates this picture to the late 1930s
THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Piazza d'Italia con Statua
signed lower right G. de Chirico and bearing date 1915, oil on canvas
10 x 15½in. (25.4 x 39.3cm.)
Painted circa 1935-1939
Piazza d'Italia con Statua
signed lower right G. de Chirico and bearing date 1915, oil on canvas
10 x 15½in. (25.4 x 39.3cm.)
Painted circa 1935-1939
Provenance
Galleria del Milione, Milan, 1939
Giorgio Valdameri
Carlo Frua de Angeli
Galleria il Collezionista, Milan, circa 1971 (no. 2881)
Fischer Fine Art, London, 1973 (c. 2156)
Carl Laszlo, Basle, from whom bought by the present owner in 1978
Giorgio Valdameri
Carlo Frua de Angeli
Galleria il Collezionista, Milan, circa 1971 (no. 2881)
Fischer Fine Art, London, 1973 (c. 2156)
Carl Laszlo, Basle, from whom bought by the present owner in 1978
Literature
R. Carrieri, Giorgio de Chirico, Milan, 1942 (illustrated pl. IV) A. D. Pica, Giorgio de Chirico, Metafisica, Milan, 1946 (illustrated pl. 3)
C. Zervos, 'Un demi-siècle d'art moderne', in Cahiers d'Art, vol. XXV, no. 1, Paris, 1957 (illustrated p. 131)
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, I Bagni Misteriosi, de Chirico Anni Trenta, Milan, 1991, no. 27 (illustrated)
C. Zervos, 'Un demi-siècle d'art moderne', in Cahiers d'Art, vol. XXV, no. 1, Paris, 1957 (illustrated p. 131)
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, I Bagni Misteriosi, de Chirico Anni Trenta, Milan, 1991, no. 27 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Milione, Metafisica, 1939
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Metafisica et Futurismo, 1950, no. 137
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Modern Italian Art, 1948-1950, no. 42 (illustrated)
Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Giorgio de Chirico, July-Aug. 1970, no. 24
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Retrospective Giorgio de Chirico, 1971 (illustrated pl. 23)
London, Fischer Fine Art, Masters of the 20th Century, 1973
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Metafisica et Futurismo, 1950, no. 137
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Modern Italian Art, 1948-1950, no. 42 (illustrated)
Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Giorgio de Chirico, July-Aug. 1970, no. 24
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Retrospective Giorgio de Chirico, 1971 (illustrated pl. 23)
London, Fischer Fine Art, Masters of the 20th Century, 1973