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Artworks
Giorgio de Chirico Greece, 1888-1978
Ettore e Andromaca, 1960sOil on canvas82 by 60 cm (32¼ by 23⅝ in.)Signed 'G. de Chirico' and dated '1946' (lower right)66660© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, RomeSOLDPainted in the 1960s, this work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, dated January 21, 2020, and is registered under...Painted in the 1960s, this work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by the Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, dated January 21, 2020, and is registered under no. 001/01/20 OT. Giorgio de Chirico initially introduced the mannequin into his repertoire in 1914 during his first sojourn in Paris. His metaphysical protagonists evolved to adopt several different identities, ranging from medieval troubadours and archeologiststo mythological heroes. Here, de Chirico conjures Homer’s epic poem The Iliad as the Greek hero Hector and his wife Andromache are paused in a state of eternal affection. These two monumental figures, composed of triangles and stretcher bars (objects found in studios of both artists and seamstresses), stand in an open piazza flanked by iron red buildings of an indeterminate height. The mysterious dark shadows and gradient sky are typical motifs within de Chirico’s oeuvre. Although the artist, often shifting styles and subjects, signed and dated the painting ‘1946,’ it was painted during the 1960s–a reflection of the artist’s desire to play with the market surrounding his paintings and sculpture, and further confound his audience of viewers.
Provenance
Private Collection, Rome
Galleria Nuova Gissi, Turin
Private Collection, Italy
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo, Tokyo Central Museum of Art; Kyoto, National Museum of Art and Nagoya, Japan, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, De Chirico presenta De Chirico, 1973-1974, no. 14, illustrated in color (dated 1946)
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