529 - Giorgio de Chirico* (Volos 1888 - 1978 Rome)

Giorgio de Chirico* (Volos 1888 - 1978 Rome) Manchino (Il Trovatore) color lithography/paper 41,2 x 28,5 cm signed G. de Chirico, numbered 99/120 signed in the plate G. de Chirico SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 800 - 1600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 800 Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, writer, and stage designer. As the founder of *Pittura metafisica* (Metaphysical Art), he created an enigmatic visual world—featuring deserted squares, arcades, long shadows, ancient statues, and incongruously combined objects—that paved the way for Surrealism. Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos to Italian parents. Following his father's death, the family moved to Munich in 1906. At the academy there, he engaged with the work of Arnold Böcklin and Max Klinger, as well as the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer. Ancient mythology, melancholy, and a sense of modern alienation thus became fundamental elements of his work. In 1911, de Chirico moved to Paris and developed his first metaphysical paintings. During World War I, he continued this style of painting in Ferrara alongside Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Morandi. *Pittura metafisica* combines representational motifs with unsettling combinations of objects detached from their usual contexts, exerting a significant influence on the later Surrealists. From the late 1920s onwards, de Chirico turned toward a classicizing visual style. In addition to paintings, he created sculptures, graphic works, writings, and stage designs. From 1948 until his death on November 20, 1978, he lived and worked permanently in Rome. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.