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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Lot 141 PROPERTY FROM AN EAST COAST COLLECTION

Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)

Siparietto

Closed7 November 2007

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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Siparietto
signed 'G. de Chirico' (lower right)
gouache and watercolor over pencil on paper
9 3/8 x 12½ in. (23.8 x 31.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1931

Gypsy Rose Lee, Beverly Hills.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 24 November 1978, lot 90.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1931 Giorgio de Chirico created the stage sets and costume designs for the ballet Bacchus et Ariane. The music was composed by Albert Roussel, it was choreographed by Serge Lifar (who also danced the title role of Bacchus), and it was given a lavish production at the Paris Opéra. The present work is a study for one of de Chirico's stage sets for this ballet.