After Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) Gladiators (Gladiatori), c. 1930's
After to Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) | Italian
Gladiators (Gladiatori), c. 1930's
Engraving on Paper
Signed: Bears a pencil signature ‘G. de Chirico’ (lower right) and a pencil inscription (lower left); framer’s stamp ‘Arte Cuadro, Alicante’ (on the reverse).
Dimensions:
Framed, glazed: 27 × 21 cm | 10.6 × 8.3 in
Artwork: 24 × 18 cm | 9.4 × 7.1 in
Provenance:
Private Collection, Spain.
Condition:
Very good condition: the sheet evenly toned, with a crisp plate mark and clear linework; two small, isolated spots of foxing in the lower part of the image; signed and numbered 5/100 in pencil; no tears, losses or restoration; not examined out of the frame. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.
Conditions of Sale:
The sale of this lot is final.
Shipping:
Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received.
For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request.
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Three gladiators fight in a bare, box-like room while a fourth lies fallen in the foreground; through an opening at the back, other figures look on. The composition, the deliberately archaic anatomy and the theatrical, airless setting all belong to the gladiator cycle that Giorgio de Chirico painted and drew between 1927 and the mid-1930s for the collector Léonce Rosenberg and for his own increasingly classical programme.
The print is offered after Giorgio de Chirico, reproducing a composition from his gladiator cycle rather than being from his own hand. It bears a pencil signature ‘G. de Chirico’ at the lower right and a pencil inscription at the lower left, and on the reverse the stamp of a framer in Alicante — details recorded here as found on the sheet, not as marks that establish authorship.
Framed under glass.
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After to Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) | Italian
Gladiators (Gladiatori), c. 1930's
Engraving on Paper
Signed: Bears a pencil signature ‘G. de Chirico’ (lower right) and a pencil inscription (lower left); framer’s stamp ‘Arte Cuadro, Alicante’ (on the reverse).
Dimensions:
Framed, glazed: 27 × 21 cm | 10.6 × 8.3 in
Artwork: 24 × 18 cm | 9.4 × 7.1 in
Provenance:
Private Collection, Spain.
Condition:
Very good condition: the sheet evenly toned, with a crisp plate mark and clear linework; two small, isolated spots of foxing in the lower part of the image; signed and numbered 5/100 in pencil; no tears, losses or restoration; not examined out of the frame. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report.
Conditions of Sale:
The sale of this lot is final.
Shipping:
Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received.
For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request.
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Three gladiators fight in a bare, box-like room while a fourth lies fallen in the foreground; through an opening at the back, other figures look on. The composition, the deliberately archaic anatomy and the theatrical, airless setting all belong to the gladiator cycle that Giorgio de Chirico painted and drew between 1927 and the mid-1930s for the collector Léonce Rosenberg and for his own increasingly classical programme.
The print is offered after Giorgio de Chirico, reproducing a composition from his gladiator cycle rather than being from his own hand. It bears a pencil signature ‘G. de Chirico’ at the lower right and a pencil inscription at the lower left, and on the reverse the stamp of a framer in Alicante — details recorded here as found on the sheet, not as marks that establish authorship.
Framed under glass.
Estimate
Reserve
Time, Location
Auction House
