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Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978)
Lot 472PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION

Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978)

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Fermé7 November 2007

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USD 229,000

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Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978)
Autoritratto
signed, inscribed, and dedicated 'G. de Chirico, pictor optimus, a Merle e Bruno Pagliai' (lower left)
oil on masonite
27½ x 20 1/8 in. (70 x 51.1 cm.)
Painted in 1950

Merle and Bruno Pagliai, Mexico City (gift from the artist).
John M. Pagliai, Mexico City (by descent from the above).
Galleria R. Rotta, Genoa.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 6 November 1981, lot 351.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Bruno Pagliai was an Italian businessman married to the actress Merle Oberon. He lived in Mexico City when he acquired this self-portrait as well as many other paintings by de Chirico, who became a close friend of the couple.