Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)

Cavalli in riva al mare

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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Cavalli in riva al mare
signed 'G. de Chirico' (lower right)
gouache and watercolour on paper
14 ¼ x 10 in. (36.2 x 25.3 cm.)
Executed in 1974
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner by 2000.
Exhibited
Paris, Artcurial, Homage to de Chirico on his 90th Birthday, May - September 1978.
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Giorgio de Chirico, A Metaphysical Life, November 2000 - January 2001, no. 86 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, June - June 2001; The Oita Art Museum, June 30- July 2001; and Kyoto, Museum EKi Kyoto, September - October 2001.
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The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is recorded in the archives under the number 096/11/16 OT.

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