Lot No. 23


Giorgio de Chirico *


Giorgio de Chirico * - Modern Art

(Volos, Greece 1888–1978 Rome)
Vita silente con frutta, c. 1964, signed g. de Chirico, inscribed Frutta, giorgio de Chirico on the reverse, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, framed

Photo certificate:
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, 27 April 2005, archive no. 0013/04/05 OT

Provenance:
Galleria Russo, Rome (signature on the reverse)
Christie’s Milan, 24 May 2005, lot 342
New Art Gallery, Brescia
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Rome, IX Quadriennale d’Arte Nazionale, October 1965-March 1966, exh. cat. Sala XI, no. 3

Literature:
M. Calvesi, de Chirico, in “Poliedro”, 1965
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico.
Catalogo Generale - Opere dal 1910 al 1975, Vol. 2/2015, Maretti (ed.), p. 377, no. 829 with ill.

The substance of things matters more than colours, for it is substance that determines form whilst plasticity is intensified by the layer of air that envelops things. Air enables us to guess and see with our mind the otherwise invisible side of things.
Giorgio de Chirico, Le Nature morte, in “L’illustrazione Italiana”, 1942

30.05.2017 - 19:00

Realized price: **
EUR 62,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 60,000.- to EUR 80,000.-

Giorgio de Chirico *


(Volos, Greece 1888–1978 Rome)
Vita silente con frutta, c. 1964, signed g. de Chirico, inscribed Frutta, giorgio de Chirico on the reverse, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm, framed

Photo certificate:
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, 27 April 2005, archive no. 0013/04/05 OT

Provenance:
Galleria Russo, Rome (signature on the reverse)
Christie’s Milan, 24 May 2005, lot 342
New Art Gallery, Brescia
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Rome, IX Quadriennale d’Arte Nazionale, October 1965-March 1966, exh. cat. Sala XI, no. 3

Literature:
M. Calvesi, de Chirico, in “Poliedro”, 1965
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Giorgio de Chirico.
Catalogo Generale - Opere dal 1910 al 1975, Vol. 2/2015, Maretti (ed.), p. 377, no. 829 with ill.

The substance of things matters more than colours, for it is substance that determines form whilst plasticity is intensified by the layer of air that envelops things. Air enables us to guess and see with our mind the otherwise invisible side of things.
Giorgio de Chirico, Le Nature morte, in “L’illustrazione Italiana”, 1942


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Auction: Modern Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 30.05.2017 - 19:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.05. - 30.05.2017


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