Inv. n°: CL1035

Giorgio De Chirico (1 of 7)

Features the Italian painter in front of his famous nude self-portrait. An innovator and “an outsider” - a perception he himself would later encourage - de Chirico’s married vaguely classical and highly simplified architectural elements with the recently developed pictorial language of Cubism. Signed, titled, dated and annotated verso with stamps and ink.

unframed: h. 27.6 x w. 27.3 cm framed: h. 46 x w. 45.3 cm

1944

Gelatin silver print

Provenance

  • The Irving Penn Foundation, New York
  • Acquired at Cardi Gallery, Milan, 2021

Exhibitions

  • Irving Penn Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

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