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Auction archive: Lot number 25

Giorgio de Chirico

Estimate
US$4,000,000 - US$6,000,000
Price realised:
US$3,973,000
Auction archive: Lot number 25

Giorgio de Chirico

Estimate
US$4,000,000 - US$6,000,000
Price realised:
US$3,973,000
Beschreibung:

25 Giorgio de Chirico Gladiateurs au Repos 1928-29 oil on canvas 62 1/2 x 78 1/4 in. (158.8 x 198.8 cm) Signed "G. de Chirico" upper right; further signed and titled "'Gladiatori' Giorgio de Chirico" on the reverse of the burlap cover.
Provenance Léonce Rosenberg, Paris Filippo Anfuso, Rome Private Collection, Milan Private Collection Exhibited Paris, Jeu de Paume des Tuileries, L’Art Italien des XIX et XX siècle, May - July, 1935, no. 45 (exhibited as L’école des gladiateurs) Varese, Villa Panza, Giorgio De Chirico Gladiatori 1927 - 1929, October 4 - December 14, 2003 Padua, Palazzo Zabarella, De Chirico, January 20 - May 27, 2007 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Giorgio de Chirico Werke 1909-1971 aus Schweizer Sammlungen, August 23 - November 23, 2008 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Giorgio de Chirico La fabrique des rêves, February 13 - May 24, 2009 New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany 1918-1936, October 1, 2010 - January 9, 2011, then traveled to Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim (February 7 - May 15, 2011) Literature "L'intelligence de deux époques", Vogue, Paris, 1929, p. 110 P. Courthion, A Bardi, "Giorgio de Chirico, chronique de la vie artistique", Sélection Vol. VIII, Antwerp, 1929, p. 75 W. George, "Appels du Bas – Empire. Giorgio de Chirico", Formes, no. 1, Paris, 1930, pp. 12-13 "Cubisme et tradition chez M. Léonce Rosenberg, à Paris", Art et industrie, no. 12, Paris, December, 1930, p. 16 W. George, "Vie et mort de Chirico", L’Amour de l’Art, Paris, 1932, p. 132, pl. 47 (illustrated) W. George, "Le Sentiment de l’Antique dans l’Art Moderne", L’Amour de l’Art, no. 2, Paris, 1935, pp. 49, 50 (titled as L’école des gladiateurs) C.E. Rava, "Funzionale antico e modern", Domus, Milan, 1943, p. 66 G.M. Lo Duca, Dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico (1912-1932), Milan: Hoepli Editore, 1945, pl. XXXII (illustrated) C.B. Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico Opere dal 1908 al 1930, Vol. I, Milan: Electa, 1971, no. 82 (illustrated) De Chirico par de Chirico, Paris: Jacques Damase Editeur, 1978, p. 45, (illustrated) P. Baldacci, M.F. dell’Arco, Giorgio de Chirico Parigi 1924-1929, dalla nascita del Surrealismo al crollo di Wall Street, Milan: Edizioni Philippe Daverio, 1982, pp. 129, 541, no. 217 (illustrated) C. Derouet, Ein Fall von italienischem Spätbarock in Paris in Giorgio de Chirico exh. cat., Haus der Kunst, Munich, , 1982, p. 115, no. 14 (illustrated) M.V. Orlandini, "Hans von Marées: Appunti sui 'Tedeschi Romani' e l’Arte Metafisica di Giorgio de Chirico", Studi in onore di Giulio Carlo Argan, Vol. II, Rome, 1984, p. 347, no. 2 (illustrated) M.F. dell’Arco, De Chirico: Gli Anni Venti, Milan: Mazzotta, 1986, pp. 154-155, 164 (illustrated) P. Fossati, Storie di figure e di immagini: Da Boccioni a Licini, Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editori, 1995, pp. 227-228, no. 92 (illustrated) F. Picabia, Lettres à Léonce Rosenberg 1929-1940, Les Cahiers du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2000, p. 97 (illustrated) K.J. Jewell, The Art of Enigma: The De Chirico Brothers & the Politics of Modernism, University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004, p. IX W. Schmied, "L'enigma di de Chirico", Il Giornale dell’Arte, no. 3, 2007, p. 6 (illustrated) A. Inguscio, G. Rasario, "Giorgio de Chirico e Léonce Rosenberg: L’Arte al tempo della crisi", Metafisica 2010, no.9/10, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, 2010, pp. 102-105, 107, 114, 115 R. Smith "Movements Expanded and Redefined", The New York Times, September 12, 2010, p. AR70 (illustrated) C. Green, J. Daehner, Modern Antiquity: Picasso de Chirico, Léger, Picabia, Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 35 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay [QUOTE}: Gladiators! There's an enigma in that word. Gladiateurs au repos is a large-scale, historical painting by Giorgio de Chirico dating from 1928-29 and celebrating the gladiators who had become one of his key pictorial themes. This painting, with its armed figures looming larger than life and full of color, was one of three that dominated the celebrated Hall des gladiateurs in the home of de Chirico's dealer, Léonce Rosenberg, the founder of the famous avant garde Galerie d

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2015
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

25 Giorgio de Chirico Gladiateurs au Repos 1928-29 oil on canvas 62 1/2 x 78 1/4 in. (158.8 x 198.8 cm) Signed "G. de Chirico" upper right; further signed and titled "'Gladiatori' Giorgio de Chirico" on the reverse of the burlap cover.
Provenance Léonce Rosenberg, Paris Filippo Anfuso, Rome Private Collection, Milan Private Collection Exhibited Paris, Jeu de Paume des Tuileries, L’Art Italien des XIX et XX siècle, May - July, 1935, no. 45 (exhibited as L’école des gladiateurs) Varese, Villa Panza, Giorgio De Chirico Gladiatori 1927 - 1929, October 4 - December 14, 2003 Padua, Palazzo Zabarella, De Chirico, January 20 - May 27, 2007 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Giorgio de Chirico Werke 1909-1971 aus Schweizer Sammlungen, August 23 - November 23, 2008 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Giorgio de Chirico La fabrique des rêves, February 13 - May 24, 2009 New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany 1918-1936, October 1, 2010 - January 9, 2011, then traveled to Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim (February 7 - May 15, 2011) Literature "L'intelligence de deux époques", Vogue, Paris, 1929, p. 110 P. Courthion, A Bardi, "Giorgio de Chirico, chronique de la vie artistique", Sélection Vol. VIII, Antwerp, 1929, p. 75 W. George, "Appels du Bas – Empire. Giorgio de Chirico", Formes, no. 1, Paris, 1930, pp. 12-13 "Cubisme et tradition chez M. Léonce Rosenberg, à Paris", Art et industrie, no. 12, Paris, December, 1930, p. 16 W. George, "Vie et mort de Chirico", L’Amour de l’Art, Paris, 1932, p. 132, pl. 47 (illustrated) W. George, "Le Sentiment de l’Antique dans l’Art Moderne", L’Amour de l’Art, no. 2, Paris, 1935, pp. 49, 50 (titled as L’école des gladiateurs) C.E. Rava, "Funzionale antico e modern", Domus, Milan, 1943, p. 66 G.M. Lo Duca, Dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico (1912-1932), Milan: Hoepli Editore, 1945, pl. XXXII (illustrated) C.B. Sakraischik, Catalogo generale Giorgio de Chirico Opere dal 1908 al 1930, Vol. I, Milan: Electa, 1971, no. 82 (illustrated) De Chirico par de Chirico, Paris: Jacques Damase Editeur, 1978, p. 45, (illustrated) P. Baldacci, M.F. dell’Arco, Giorgio de Chirico Parigi 1924-1929, dalla nascita del Surrealismo al crollo di Wall Street, Milan: Edizioni Philippe Daverio, 1982, pp. 129, 541, no. 217 (illustrated) C. Derouet, Ein Fall von italienischem Spätbarock in Paris in Giorgio de Chirico exh. cat., Haus der Kunst, Munich, , 1982, p. 115, no. 14 (illustrated) M.V. Orlandini, "Hans von Marées: Appunti sui 'Tedeschi Romani' e l’Arte Metafisica di Giorgio de Chirico", Studi in onore di Giulio Carlo Argan, Vol. II, Rome, 1984, p. 347, no. 2 (illustrated) M.F. dell’Arco, De Chirico: Gli Anni Venti, Milan: Mazzotta, 1986, pp. 154-155, 164 (illustrated) P. Fossati, Storie di figure e di immagini: Da Boccioni a Licini, Turin: Giulio Einaudi Editori, 1995, pp. 227-228, no. 92 (illustrated) F. Picabia, Lettres à Léonce Rosenberg 1929-1940, Les Cahiers du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 2000, p. 97 (illustrated) K.J. Jewell, The Art of Enigma: The De Chirico Brothers & the Politics of Modernism, University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004, p. IX W. Schmied, "L'enigma di de Chirico", Il Giornale dell’Arte, no. 3, 2007, p. 6 (illustrated) A. Inguscio, G. Rasario, "Giorgio de Chirico e Léonce Rosenberg: L’Arte al tempo della crisi", Metafisica 2010, no.9/10, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Rome, 2010, pp. 102-105, 107, 114, 115 R. Smith "Movements Expanded and Redefined", The New York Times, September 12, 2010, p. AR70 (illustrated) C. Green, J. Daehner, Modern Antiquity: Picasso de Chirico, Léger, Picabia, Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 35 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay [QUOTE}: Gladiators! There's an enigma in that word. Gladiateurs au repos is a large-scale, historical painting by Giorgio de Chirico dating from 1928-29 and celebrating the gladiators who had become one of his key pictorial themes. This painting, with its armed figures looming larger than life and full of color, was one of three that dominated the celebrated Hall des gladiateurs in the home of de Chirico's dealer, Léonce Rosenberg, the founder of the famous avant garde Galerie d

Auction archive: Lot number 25
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2015
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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