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Orfeo
Details
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (1888-1978)
Orfeo
signed 'g. de Chirico' (on the side of the pedestal); numbered, stamped with foundry mark and with centennial stamp '0⁄0 FONDERIA ART F. ILLI BONVICINI SOMMA CAMPAGNA 1888 VOLOS G. de Chirico 1988' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1970; this bronze version cast circa 1988
Orfeo
signed 'g. de Chirico' (on the side of the pedestal); numbered, stamped with foundry mark and with centennial stamp '0⁄0 FONDERIA ART F. ILLI BONVICINI SOMMA CAMPAGNA 1888 VOLOS G. de Chirico 1988' (on the back of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1970; this bronze version cast circa 1988
Provenance
Galerie Bartoux, Honfleur.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 2010.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 2010.
Literature
C. Bruni Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico: Opere dal 1908 al 1930, Milan, 1972, vol. II, no. 298 (another cast illustrated).
G. Bolaffi, Catalogo nazionale Bolaffi della scultura, Torino, 1981, no. 5.
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 108, no. 25 (another cast illustrated, p. 91).
G. Bolaffi, Catalogo nazionale Bolaffi della scultura, Torino, 1981, no. 5.
G. dalla Chiesa, De Chirico scultore, Milan, 1988, p. 108, no. 25 (another cast illustrated, p. 91).
Further Details
The Fondazione de Chirico has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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