DE CHIRICO GIORGIO (1888 - 1978) Lot n° 47

DE CHIRICO GIORGIO (1888 - 1978) ...his name is Death and the Ogre accompanied him. 1941. Watercolor lithograph. 34x27 cm. Title lower center and signature lower right in pencil. The work coming volume l' Apocalypse. Edizioni della Chimera, Milan, 1941. Total edition: 160 copies on Japon paper of which: 150 copies numbered 1 to 150 and 10 out-of-print copies numbered I to X. Each copy includes a double series of the lithographs, 8 of which were colored in pastel under the artist's direction. Copy No. 134 includes 3 series of the lithographs with 30 black plates, 20 pastel-colored plates, and 10 watercolor plates. Publications: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. Catalog of graphic works (engravings and lithographs) 1921-1969, Alfonso Ciranna Editore-Edizioni La Medusa, 1969 Milan-Rome, no. 93-112, pp. 119-129; A. Vastano, Giorgio de Chirico. Catalogo dell'opera grafica 1921-1969, Edizioni Bora, 1996 Bologna, no. 104-123, pp. 152-185. Slight defects. Frame present.