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Les deux sœurs (L'ange juif), 1915

Giorgio de Chirico

On view at K20

Information

Artist

Giorgio de Chirico

1888
Volos, Thessalien, Griechenland

1978
Rom, Italien

Work data

Material/Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Image: 55 × 46 cm
Frame: 67.4 × 58.4 × 7.5 cm

Signature

Bez. u.l.: "G. de // Chirico. // 1915"

Accession Number

1004

Catalogue Raisonné

Baldacci 86

Acquisition year

1964

Provenance

From the year of its creation in 1915, the painting “Les deux sœurs (L’ange juif)” by Giorgio de Chirico remained the property of the artist, who temporarily gave it to Paul Guillaume’s gallery on consignment. Paul Eluard, who had owned the work since 1936, bought it directly from the artist. However, as early as 1938, Eluard gave more than 100 Surrealist and Cubist works from his collection, including the painting by de Chirico, to Roland A. Penrose. The work can be found in Penrose’s collection until at least 1955. The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen purchased the painting “Les deux sœurs (L’ange juif)” from Galerie L’Œil through the World Arts Establishment for its holdings in 1964. 

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Erworben 1964 aus einer Spende des Westdeutschen Rundfunks

Exhibitions
  • Surrealism: Revolution by Night, 11.3.-1.5.1993, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
  • Puppen Körper Automaten. Phantasmen der Moderne, 23.7.-31.10.1999, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Die andere Moderne - de Chirico/Savinio, 14.9.-1.12.2001, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Die andere Moderne - de Chirico/Savinio, 19.12.2001-9.3.2002, Lenbachhaus, München
  • L'art italien et la Metafisica. Le temps de la mélancolie 1912-1935, 4.3.-4.6.2005, Musée de Grenoble
  • Silent Revolution - Eine neue Sammlungspräsentation, 26.2.-12.6.2010, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf
  • Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous. Works from the Collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller, Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, 3.6.2016-27.5.2017, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh/Hamburger Kunsthalle/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
  • Giorgio de Chirico. La peinture métaphysique / De Chirico. Magische Wirklichkeit, 13.9.2020-23.5.2021, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris/Hamburger Kunsthalle
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figure Modern Art Metaphysical painting
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