Combattimento di Gladiatori. Battle of Gladiators. by Giorgio De Chirico, 1888-1978

Giorgio De Chirico, 1888-1978
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Combattimento di Gladiatori. Battle of Gladiators.

Original etching in black ink. 1928. Signed in pencil. Numbered in pencil from the edition of 100 (71/100). Issued for the album: Le Mystère Laic. Inspired by the text by Jean Cocteau. Printed at the studio of Ducros and Colas, Paris 1928. Published by Editions des Quatre Chemins, Paris 1928. Very rare.
Ref: Ciranna - De Chirico Opere Grafiche no 3

Extremely fine impression, printed with plate tone. On pale cream light wove BFK Rives paper.Excellent condition. Full margins. Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8ins. Plate: 5 3/8 x 7ins (138x179mm).

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Like its companion opposite ?Fighting Figures? is a very rare and important example of De Chirico?s ?Pittura Metafisica? ideas in the medium of his graphic art. Ernst, Tanguy, Magritte and Delvaux were greatly influenced by works such as this in the period of the first development of Surrealism.