PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Le quadrige renversé
Details
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Le quadrige renversé
signed ‘G. de Chirico’ (upper left); signed again and indistinctly inscribed ‘G. de Chirico Le quad[…]e renversé’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 ⅛ x 21 ⅝in. (38.4 x 55cm.)
Painted in 1929
Le quadrige renversé
signed ‘G. de Chirico’ (upper left); signed again and indistinctly inscribed ‘G. de Chirico Le quad[…]e renversé’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 ⅛ x 21 ⅝in. (38.4 x 55cm.)
Painted in 1929
Provenance
Paul Guillaume, Paris, by 1930.
Domenica Guillaume Walter, Paris, by descent from the above.
Galleria del Girasole, Udine.
Private collection, Udine.
Galleria d’Arte Moderna Farsetti, Prato.
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Domenica Guillaume Walter, Paris, by descent from the above.
Galleria del Girasole, Udine.
Private collection, Udine.
Galleria d’Arte Moderna Farsetti, Prato.
Acquired from the above by the present owners.
Literature
W. George, ‘Appels du Bas – Empire. Giorgio de Chirico’ in Formes, no. 1, January 1930, pp. 12-14 (illustrated).
E. Tériade, ‘Documentiare sur la jeune peinture’ in Cahiers d’art, no. 2, 1930, p. 82 (illustrated).
P. Torriano, ‘Cronache d’arte. Gli Italiani a Parigi’ in La Casa Bella, September 1930, p. 56 (illustrated).
W. George, ‘Vie et mort de Chirico’ in L’Amour de l’Art, no. 4, April 1932, pp. 133-134.
E. d’Ors & J. Laissagne, ‘Les italiens reviennent’ in Almanach des Arts, Paris, 1937, p. 40 (illustrated; titled ‘Le quadrige’).
P. Baldacci & M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, Giorgio de Chirico, Parigi 1924-1929, dalla nascita del Surrealismo al crollo di Wall Street, Milan, 1982, no. 237, p. 547 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Exh. cat., De Chirico, gli anni Venti, Verona, 1986, p. 169 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Exh. cat., Giorgio de Chirico, Zaragoza, 1988, p. 62 (illustrated p. 63; titled ‘Cuadriga en la habitación’).
F. Poli, La Metafisica, Bari, 1989 (illustrated fig. 83).
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico, Catalogo generale, vol. I, Opere dal 1912 al 1976, Rome, 2014, no. 76, p. 462 (illustrated p. 95).
E. Tériade, ‘Documentiare sur la jeune peinture’ in Cahiers d’art, no. 2, 1930, p. 82 (illustrated).
P. Torriano, ‘Cronache d’arte. Gli Italiani a Parigi’ in La Casa Bella, September 1930, p. 56 (illustrated).
W. George, ‘Vie et mort de Chirico’ in L’Amour de l’Art, no. 4, April 1932, pp. 133-134.
E. d’Ors & J. Laissagne, ‘Les italiens reviennent’ in Almanach des Arts, Paris, 1937, p. 40 (illustrated; titled ‘Le quadrige’).
P. Baldacci & M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, Giorgio de Chirico, Parigi 1924-1929, dalla nascita del Surrealismo al crollo di Wall Street, Milan, 1982, no. 237, p. 547 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Exh. cat., De Chirico, gli anni Venti, Verona, 1986, p. 169 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Exh. cat., Giorgio de Chirico, Zaragoza, 1988, p. 62 (illustrated p. 63; titled ‘Cuadriga en la habitación’).
F. Poli, La Metafisica, Bari, 1989 (illustrated fig. 83).
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico, Catalogo generale, vol. I, Opere dal 1912 al 1976, Rome, 2014, no. 76, p. 462 (illustrated p. 95).
Exhibition
Milan, Palazzo Reale, de Chirico – gli anni Venti, March – April 1987, p. 242 & 278 (illustrated p. 243; titled ‘Quadriga nella stanza (La quadrige renversée)’).
Lerici, Castello Monumentale, Giorgio de Chirico, dalla partenza degli Argonauti all avita silente, July – October 1988, pp. 62-63 (illustrated; titled Quadriga nella stanza’).
Monte-Carlo, Palais du Gouvernement, Giorgio de Chirico, 1920-1950, October – November 1989, p. 98 (illustrated p. 99; titled ‘Quadriga nella stanza (Quadrige dans la chambre)’); this exhibition later travelled to New York, Borghi & Co., November 1990 – January 1991, p. 100 (illustrated p. 101; titled ‘Quadriga nella stanza’).
Varese, Villa Panza, Giorgio de Chirico, Gladiatori 1927-1929, October – December 2003, no. 54, pp. 100-101 & 129 (illustrated pl. XXII, p. 101; illustrated again no. 54, p. 129; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Traversetolo, Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, De Chirico e Savinio, Una mitologia moderna, March – June 2019, no. 49, p. 151 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Lerici, Castello Monumentale, Giorgio de Chirico, dalla partenza degli Argonauti all avita silente, July – October 1988, pp. 62-63 (illustrated; titled Quadriga nella stanza’).
Monte-Carlo, Palais du Gouvernement, Giorgio de Chirico, 1920-1950, October – November 1989, p. 98 (illustrated p. 99; titled ‘Quadriga nella stanza (Quadrige dans la chambre)’); this exhibition later travelled to New York, Borghi & Co., November 1990 – January 1991, p. 100 (illustrated p. 101; titled ‘Quadriga nella stanza’).
Varese, Villa Panza, Giorgio de Chirico, Gladiatori 1927-1929, October – December 2003, no. 54, pp. 100-101 & 129 (illustrated pl. XXII, p. 101; illustrated again no. 54, p. 129; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
Traversetolo, Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, De Chirico e Savinio, Una mitologia moderna, March – June 2019, no. 49, p. 151 (illustrated; titled ‘La quadrige renversée’).
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