Giorgio de Chirico
(Italy 1888–1978)
- Title
- The divine horses of Achilles, Balios and Xanthos
- Other titles:
- Antique horses
- Alternative title:
- Les chevaux divins d'Achille, Balios et Xanthos Chevaux Antiques au Bord de la Mer Egee
- Year
- 1963
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 96.5 x 87.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated lower right, oil "G. de Chirico/... / 1963".
- Credit
- Purchased 2006
- Accession number
- 178.2006
- Copyright
- © Giorgio de Chirico/SIAE. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
De Chirico emerged as a proto-surrealist some 20 years before Surrealism became a movement. Later he rejected modernist originality and began copying from old master styles and even remaking his own earlier paintings. His visionary and poetic images evoke nostalgia, enigma and myth. He was a source of inspiration for European artists in the 1920s and 1930s then fell from favour till he was resurrected by post-modern appropriation artists in the 1980s (for example Imants Tillers and Christopher le Brun).
- Provenance
- Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney (Australia), Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW from Deutscher-Menzies 2006. 'Australian and International Fine Art, Melbourne and Sydney', 14 June 2006, lot.no.39
Private Collection, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia
Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris (France), Paris/France, exhibited in 'De Chirico: néo-baroque' 1985 and 'De Chirico et ses Consequences Post-Metaphysiques' 1993 at Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris
Giorgio de Chirico (Italy, b.1888, d.1978), Italy - Bibliography (7)
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Look (Dec 2006-Jan 2007), Jill Sykes (Australia) (Editor), 10pm [print management] (Australia), Newtown, New South Wales, Australia.
Australian + international fine art, Sydney, Wednesday, 14 June, 2006 (2006), Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney (Australia), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Giorgio de Chirico (1989), Pere Gimferrer, Rizzoli International Publications (United States of America), New York, New York, United States of America.
De Chirico: néo-baroque (1985), Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris (France), Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris (France), Paris, France.
De Chirico: Leben und Werk (1979), W. Schmied, Munich, Germany.
De Chirico by de Chirico (1972), Giorgio de Chirico (Italy, b.1888, d.1978), New York, New York, United States of America.
Catalogo generale Giorgio De Chirico (1971), Giorgio de Chirico (Italy, b.1888, d.1978) (Author), Electa Editrice (Italy), Milan, Italy.
- Exhibition history (4)
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De Chirico by de Chirico, (16 Jun 1972–16 Jul 1972), at Art Gallery of Ontario (Canada).
De Chirico by de Chirico, (19 Jan 1972–02 Apr 1972), at The New York Cultural Centre (United States of America), New York, New York, United States of America.
De Chirico et ses Consequences Post-Metaphysiques, (Mar 1993–May 1993), at Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris (France), Paris, France.
De Chirico: néo-baroque, (Oct 1985–Dec 1985), at Artcurial Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris (France), Paris, France.