Auction on
28 March 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) -
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
"Le Muse Inquietanti" undoubtedly holds an important place in the work of Giorgio De Chirico (1888-1978). The subject, one he explored repeatedly throughout his career, is coming up for auction in a version from the late 1950s.
Giorgio De Chirico (1880-1978), Le Muse Inquietanti, late 1950s, oil on canvas signed, titled and countersigned on the back, 97 x 66 cm/38.2 x 26 in. Estimate: €400,000/600,000
Giorgio De Chirico (1880-1978), Le Muse Inquietanti, late 1950s, oil on canvas signed, titled and countersigned on the back, 97 x 66 cm/38.2 x 26 in. Estimate: €400,000/600,000
Highly representative of De Chirico 's metaphysical period, the first painting known as Le Muse Inquietanti dates from 1917-1918. In the background is the castle of Ferrara, the city where the painter arrived in 1917 when he entered the military neuropathy hospital, and where he met Carlo Carrà. This year, crucial for both artists, enabled De Chirico to share details of an artistic language he had previously developed in Paris—involving the placement of objects, the geometric division of…
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