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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Il grande Cavallo
signed G. de Chirico, numbered I/VII, stamped with the centennial mark and with the foundry mark Fonderia Bonvicini di Verona, bronze with black patina
27¼in. (69.2cm.) high
Conceived in 1971 and cast in bronze in 1988 in an edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs to mark the centenary of the Artist's birth
Il grande Cavallo
signed G. de Chirico, numbered I/VII, stamped with the centennial mark and with the foundry mark Fonderia Bonvicini di Verona, bronze with black patina
27¼in. (69.2cm.) high
Conceived in 1971 and cast in bronze in 1988 in an edition of 7 plus 2 artist's proofs to mark the centenary of the Artist's birth
Literature
T. Paloscia, Il sogno ininterrotto del linguaggio metafisico di Giorgio de Chirico: I bronzi del centenario, Florence, 1993 (exhibition catalogue for the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1993-94) no.18 (another cast illustrated)
P. Baldacci and F. Rota, Giorgio de Chirico, Le Sculture del Centenario, Turin, Allemandi Editore, 1995, no. 18
P. Baldacci and F. Rota, Giorgio de Chirico, Le Sculture del Centenario, Turin, Allemandi Editore, 1995, no. 18
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