GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
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GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)

Donna con la mela

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GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Donna con la mela
signed and dated 'G. de Chirico 1921' (lower left) and signed and inscribed 'luglio 1940. all'amico Rodolfo Siviero molto cordialmente G. de Chirico' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 1⁄8 x 11 ¾ in. (41 x 30 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
Mario Broglio, Rome, on consignment from the artist on 19 November 1921.
Rodolfo Siviero, Florence, a gift from the artist in July 1940.
Galleria Gissi, Turin, by April 1964.
Galleria del Milione, Milan.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 26 May 1970, lot 66.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 4 December 1975, lot 66.
Franco Rapetti, Milan.
Acquired from the above, on 14 March 1977, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico, vol. II, Opere dal 1908 al 1930*, Milan, 1972, no. 125 (illustrated; catalogued as 'emulsion on canvas').
M. Fagiolo, Giorgio de Chirico, il tempo di 'Valori plastici', 1918-1922, Rome, 1980, no. 105, pp. 66, 67 & 102 (illustrated p. 66; titled 'Testa di fanciulla [con mela]' p. 66 & 'Testa di fanciulla [La belle neapolitaine]' p. 102 and catalogued as 'tempera on canvas').
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, L'Opera completa di de Chirico 1908-1924, Milan, 1984, no. 165, pp. 107 & 121 (illustrated p. 109; titled 'Testa di fanciulla (con mela)' and catalogued as 'tempera on canvas').
C. Green, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, The European Avant-gardes, Art in France and Western Europe 1904 - c. 1945, London, 1995, no. 13, p. 92-97 (recto illustrated p. 93 & verso illustrated p. 94; titled 'Testa di fanciulla con mela' and catalogued as 'tempera on canvas').
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria Gissi, De Chirico degli anni '20, April 1964 (illustrated; with inverted dimensions and catalogued as 'tempera on canvas').
Lugano, Villa Malpensata, Alter Ego, September - December 1977 (exhibited hors catalogue).
Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, A Collection's Vision, einer Sammlung, p. 29 (illustrated; titled 'Porträt eines jungen Mädchens mit einem Apfel').
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Giorgio de Chirico, Werke 1909-1971, in Schweizer Sammlungen, August - November 2008, no. 22, pp. 75 & 241 (illustrated p. 75; titled 'Testa di fanciulla (con mela)' and catalogued as 'tempera on canvas').

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