Galerie Artcurial, Paris
Vente : Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 décembre 1995, lot 5
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Ishikawa, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; Oita, Oita Art Museum et Kyoto, Museum, Giorgio de Chirico, A metaphysical life, 2001, no. 67, reproduit dans le catalogue

Jacques Damase, De Chirico par de Chirico, Paris, 1978, no. 78, mentionné p. 138 et reproduit n.p.

Executed on wove paper, laid down on cardboard. The upper and lower edges are unevenly cut. There are few minor scuffs to the sheet with some associated small paper loss at the right part of upper edge and at the extreme upper corners. There is a few scattered tiny accretions to the sheet, possibly inherent to the artistic process. There is a tiny paper loss to the sheet, towards the lower part of left edge. This work is in good condition.
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signed 'G. de Chirico' (upper right), watercolor on paper. Executed in 1965.