GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978) Cavallo fuggente
signed 'g. de Chirico' (lower left)
oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 15 ¾ in. (30.2 x 40 cm.)
Painted circa 1955
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978) Cavallo fuggente
signed 'g. de Chirico' (lower left)
oil on canvas
11 7/8 x 15 ¾ in. (30.2 x 40 cm.)
Painted circa 1955
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington D.C.; sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2002, lot 320. Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 February 2010, lot 191. Private collection, England, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 28 February 2018, lot 481. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, eds., Giorgio de Chirico: Catalogo Generale, vol. III, Opere dal 1913 al 1976, Falciano, 2016, no. 1198, pp. 266 & 461 (illustrated p. 266); listed in the accompanying Bibliography, p. 166.
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is recorded in the archives under the number 0009/01/02 OT.
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