Details
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
I manichini coloniali
signed, numbered, titled and stamped with foundry mark on the base
'G. de Chirico, I/VII I Coloniali Fonderia Bonvicini di Verona-Italy'-- polished bronze
Height: 18¾in. (47.5cm.)
Original model executed in 1969; this bronze version cast posthumously by the estate of the artist, number one in an edition of seven with two artist's proofs
I manichini coloniali
signed, numbered, titled and stamped with foundry mark on the base
'G. de Chirico, I/VII I Coloniali Fonderia Bonvicini di Verona-Italy'-- polished bronze
Height: 18¾in. (47.5cm.)
Original model executed in 1969; this bronze version cast posthumously by the estate of the artist, number one in an edition of seven with two artist's proofs
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Literature
C. Bruni, Catalogo Generale, Giorgio de Chirico, Venice, 1972, vol. II (opera dal 1951 al 1971 ***), no. 293 (another cast illustrated, p. 110)
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Sculture, Milan, 1988, p. 71 (another cast illustrated)
T. Paloscia, Il sogno ininterrotto del linguaggio metafisico de Giorgio de Chirico: I bronzi del centenario, Florence, 1993 (Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City exhibition catalogue), no. 15 (another cast illustrated)
P. Baldacci and F. Rota Giorgio de Chirico, le sculture del centenario, Turin, 1995, no. 15
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico Sculture, Milan, 1988, p. 71 (another cast illustrated)
T. Paloscia, Il sogno ininterrotto del linguaggio metafisico de Giorgio de Chirico: I bronzi del centenario, Florence, 1993 (Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City exhibition catalogue), no. 15 (another cast illustrated)
P. Baldacci and F. Rota Giorgio de Chirico, le sculture del centenario, Turin, 1995, no. 15