Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)

Interno metafisico

Details

Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Interno metafisico
signed 'g. de Chirico' (lower right)
gouache and brush and black ink over pencil on paper laid down on board
13 ¼ x 18 3/8 in. (33.7 x 46.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1936

Provenance

Ward and Frances Cheney, Lattingtown, New York (acquired from the artist, circa 1936).
By descent from the above to the present owner.

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This Lot is Withdrawn.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a design for a dining room which De Chirico created for the Decorators Picture Gallery in New York City. The Gallery was founded by Frances Cheney and Alice T. Gates, sisters of F. Trubee Davison, the president of the American Museum of Natural History. The objective was to show how charming and livable rooms could be created by using quality pictures as focal points in the room. Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse also participated in this initiative, designing rooms for the gallery.

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