101
Costume Sketch for The Death of Niobe
1963
Pencil, charcoal, tempera magra on paper
24×16cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 173

94
Penelope and Telemachus
1970
Silver-plated bronze
41×22.5×21cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. S 16

102
Courtyard Sketch for Otello , Act II
1964
Charcoal, watercolor, biro ink on
cardboard
18×26.6cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 187

95
Ajax
1970
Gilded bronze
42×19.5×20cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. S 1996
Archaeologist1971
Gilded bronze
41×13.5×13.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. S 44
97
Ariadne1986 (posthumous casting) / 1912–13(plaster model)
Patinated bronze
16.5×38×12cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,103
Costume Sketch for Orpheus and Eurydice :Proserpina
1971
Charcoal and tempera on paper
35×26.3cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 185
104
Costume Sketch for Laud to the Nativity :Virgin Mary
1975
Pencil and watercolor on cardboard
36.6×25.3cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 182105
Costume Sketch for Laud to the Nativity :Shepherd
1975

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Supported by: Embassy of Italy Tokyo
Sponsored by: Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., Nissha Co., Ltd.
In Planning Cooperation with: Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Associazione MetaMorfosi
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Notes

・Temperature, humidity, and lighting in the galleries are strictly controlled for the conservation of works under the provisions of international standards and the1F

・Photography is not permitted in the exhibition rooms, except for some works that have a sign indicating that photography is permitted. (All video recording isprohibited.)
・Notations used in this list of works follow the order: catalog number, title, date, materials and techniques, dimensions, owner.
・The order of the works in this list may not necessarily correspond to that in the galleries.

3FENTRANCEENTRANCE

2F Gallery A110
Menʼs Jumpsuit with Fastening on
the Back and Two Epaulets1931
Hand-painted on ivory wool
Chest 80cm, waist 68cm, length
120cm, sleeve 60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. AT 07

2F Gallery B

SECTION 2

SECTION 1

2-1

2-2

SECTION 4
ENTRANCE

TOPIC 2
SECTION 5

2-3

ENTRANCE

EXIT
SECTION 3

EXIT
TOPIC 1

109
Dress with Fastening on the Backand Puffed Sleeves
1931
Hand-painted ivory wool and cotton
Chest 77cm, waist 65cm, length76cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. AT 06

Ambasciata dʼItalia
Tokyo

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93
Ganymede and His Horse1970
Silver-plated bronze
35×24×36cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. S 26

108
Smock with Fastening on the Back,
Bishop Sleeves and Two Epaulets
1931
Hand-painted ivory wool and cotton
Chest 96cm, length 61cm, sleeve
74cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. AT 03

す100
Costume Sketch for The Death of Niobe
1962
Pencil, charcoal, tempera magra on paper
32×24.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 178愛92
Troubadour1970
Silver-plated bronze
34.5×15×13.3cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. S 52

108 –110
Theatrical Costume for the BalletPulcinellaを

99
Costume Sketch for Amphion : Womanʼs
Costume1942
Pencil and tempera magra on paper
25×16.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 176

107
Stage Sketch for Laud to the Nativity
1975
Charcoal and watercolor on cardboard
50.8×36.4cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 186

謎91
The Repentant Minotaur
1969
Silver-plated bronze
38.6×32.5×14.8cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, Inv. S 2

106
Costume Sketch for Laud to the Nativity :Shepherdess
1975
Pencil and watercolor on paper
36.4×25.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 184

は ︑90
Hector and Andromache (The Embrace ofHector and Andromache)
1966
Gilded bronze
40×21×16cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. S 41

98
Costume Sketch for Amphion : Womanʼs
Costume with Architecture in the Lower
Half
1942
Pencil and tempera magra on paper
25×16.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 175

しTOPIC 2 SCULPTURE

たTOPIC 3 THEATER

Pencil and watercolor on cardboard
35×22.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 183

わRoma, inv. S 56

Giorgio de Chirico: Metaphysical Journey

64×82.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 25

SECTION 1
SELF-PORTRAITS AND
PORTRAITS
1
Self-Portraitc. 1922
Oil on canvas
38.4×51.1cm
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo (Ohio,USA)
Purchased with funds from the Libbey
Endowment, Gift of Edward DrummondLibbey, 1930.204
2Self-Portraitc. 1929Oil on canvas
41×33cm
Josef Dalle Nogare Collection, inv. I
3
Self-Portrait in Bullfighter Costume1941
Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero, Firenze, inv.
59 C

4
Self-Portrait with Armor
1948
Oil on canvas
50×40cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 65
5Still Life with Self-Portrait
mid-1950s
Oil on panel
39×48.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 151
6
Self-Portrait in the Park with
Seventeenth-Century Costume
1959
Oil on canvas
154×100cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 86
7
Portrait of the Artistʼs Brother1910
Oil on canvas
119×75cm

EXIT

TOPIC 3EXIT

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Nationalgalerie, inv.
A II 798
8
Portrait of a Woman (Portrait of Elide)c. 1921
Tempera grassa on canvas
42×33cm
Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero, Firenze, inv.
1A
9Autumn
1935
Oil on cardboard applied to canvas
72.8×59.8cm
Museo del Novecento, Milano, inv. GAM
5703

SECTION 2
METAPHYSICAL PAINTING
BEFORE METAPHYSICALPAINTING
10Procession on a Mountain1910

Oil on canvas
50×50cm
Civici Musei, Brescia, inv. 1537

2-1 ITALIAN SQUARES
11
The Silent Statue (Ariadne)
1913
Oil on canvas
99.5×125.5cm
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Düsseldorf
12
The Great Tower
1915（?）
Oil on canvas
81.5×36cm
Private Collection
13
Italian Square with Rose-Colored Towerc. 1934
Oil on canvas
46.5×55cm
Mart, Museo di arte moderna econtemporanea di Trento e Rovereto,deposito Collezione L.F., 2171

14
Italian Square (Monumnet to the Poet)1969
Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 66
15The Tower
1974
Oil on canvas
93×35cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 7

2-2 METAPHYSICALINTERIORS16The Fatal Temple
1914
Oil on canvas
33.3×41cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin
Collection, 1947 (1947-88-14)
17
Evangelical Still Life I
1916
Oil on canvas
80.5×71.4cm
Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
18
Metaphysical Composition
1916
Oil on canvas
33.5×26.7cm
Gian Enzo Sperone Collection
20
Metaphysical Interior with PhilosopherʼsHead
1926
Oil on canvas
81×65cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC 5475
21
Metaphysical Interior with Profile ofStatue
1962
Oil on canvas
80×65cmFondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 56
22
Metaphysical Interior with Davidʼs Hand
1968
Oil on canvas
79.5×59.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 29
23
Metaphysical Interior with Ball andBiscuits
1971

Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 39
24
Harmony of Solitude1976
Oil on canvas
117.5×84cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 77

2-3 MANNEQUINS25
The Seer
1914–15
Oil on canvas
89.6×70.1cm
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New
York. James Thrall Soby Bequest, inv.
1214.1979
28
Metaphysical Muses1918
Oil on canvas
54.3×35cm
Collezione Fondazione Francesco
Federico Cerruti per lʼArte. Deposito alungo termine Castello di Rivoli MuseodʼArte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino, inv.
CC.20.P.DEC.1918.B529
Hector and Andromache
1924
Tempera and oil on canvas
98×75cm
Galleria Nazionale dʼArte Moderna e
Contemporanea, Roma, inv. 5739
30
The Automate
1924–25
Oil on canvas
91×62cm
Polegri Collection
31
Southern Songc. 1930
Oil on canvas
75×50cm
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze - GalleriadʼArte Moderna, Catalogo Generale n. 463,
Giornale n. 1532
Disquieting Musesc. 1950
Oil on canvas
97×66cm
Fondazione Cassa di risparmio dellaprovincia di Macerata - Museo Palazzo
Ricci, inv. 516
33
Hector and Andromache in front of Troy

1968
Oil on canvas
70×50cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 296
34
Hector and Andromache
1970
Oil on canvas
30×40cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 335
Dancers
1971
Pencil and watercolor on cardboard
51×35.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 1136The Poet and the Painter1975
Oil on canvas
100×81.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 72
37
Orestes and Electra
1975
Watercolor on cardboard
50.5×36cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 36

SECTION 3
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 1920S
38
Greek Philosophers
1925
Oil on canvas
113×84.7cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC 3398
39
Muses in the Foyer
1926
Oil on canvas
133×70.5cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC 3504
40
Mysterious Archaeologists (Mannequinsor Day and Night)
1926
Oil on canvas
61×49.5cm
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa
Borghese, Roma, inv. MCB 19
41
Archaeologist
1926
Charcoal and pastel on paper
54×30cm
Private Collection

42
Archaeologistsc. 1927
Oil on canvas
127×92cm
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa
Borghese, Roma, inv. MCB 18
43
Furniture in the Valley
1927
Oil on canvas
130×97cm
Mart, Museo di arte moderna econtemporanea di Trento e Rovereto,deposito Collezione L.F., 2167
44
Furniture in the Valley
1928
Oil on canvas
81.6×100cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC 49548
45
The House with the Green Shutters
1925–26
Oil on canvas
73×54cm
Private Collection
46The Spring of Destiny
1927
Oil on canvas
81×60cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC3525
47
Furniture in the Room1927
Oil on canvas
130×97cm
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa
Borghese, Roma, inv. MCB 17
48
Gladiators
1928
Oil on canvas
130×97cm
Nahmad Collection, inv. GDC 3867
49
Gladiators
1928
Oil on canvas
33×46cm
Gian Enzo Sperone Collection
50
Combat (Gladiators)
1928–29
Oil on canvas
89×115.8cm
Museo del Novecento, Milano, inv. GAM
4560

SECTION 4
RETURN TO TRADITIONALPAINTING̶ FROM “RETURNTO ORDER” TO THE NEOBAROQUE PERIOD

Oil on canvas
40×50cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 16

51
Vase of Chrysanthemums
1912
Oil on canvas
73×60cm
UniCredit Art Collection, inv. 28587

60
Knightsc. 1939–40
Oil on canvas
23×33.5cm
Casa Museo Rodolfo Siviero, Firenze, inv.
61 C52
Metaphysical Memory of the Rocks ofOrvieto
1922
Oil on canvas
50×75cm
Ovidio Jacorossi Collection, inv. 1002

61
Paris with Horse1952
Oil on canvas
50×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 46

53
Roman Villa (Landscape with Horsemen)
1923
Tempera on canvas
70×50cm
Private Collection

62
Achillesʼ Horses
1965
Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 654
Armor and Watermelons
1924
Oil on canvas
74.5×100.5cm
UniCredit Art Collection, inv. 28585
55
Bather Lying Down (Alcmenaʼs Rest)
1932
Oil on canvas
77×173cm
Galleria Nazionale dʼArte Moderna e
Contemporanea, Roma, inv. 8649
56
Still Life with Rocky Landscape1942
Oil on canvas
33.5×44cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 326
57
Bathers (with Red Drape in Landscape)1945
Oil on canvas
109×140cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 78
58
Manʼs Head (based on Titianʼs Work)1945
Oil on cardboard
31×24cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 15
59
Sleeping Maiden (based on WatteauʼsWork)
1947

63
The Landing of Alexander the Great1962
Oil on canvas
94×138cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 84

SECTION 5
NEO-METAPHYSICAL PAINTING
64
Return of Odysseus
1968
Oil on canvas
59.5×80cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 44
65
Oedipus and the Sphinx1968Oil on canvas
90×70cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 272
66
The Battle on the Bridge
1969
Oil on canvas
82×61cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 332
67
The Remorse of Orestes
1969
Oil on canvas
90×70cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,

Roma, inv. 330
68
The Return to the Castle
1969
Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 24
69
Metaphysical Interior with Extinguished
Sun1971
Oil on canvas
80×60cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 19
70
The Meditator
1971
Oil on canvas
90×70cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 2371
Sun on Easel1972
Oil on canvas
65×81cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 281
72
Prodigal Son
1973
Oil on canvas
100×80cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. 2273
Curtain and Legend
1973
Pencil on paper glued on cardboard
36×24.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. D 1474
Pylades Restraining Orestes
1973
Pencil, watercolored charcoal andwatercolor on cardboard
37×25.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,
Roma, inv. D 26
75
Mystery of a Hotel Room in Venice
1974
Oil on canvas
90.5×71.5cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 20
76
Gladiator in the Arena
1975

Oil on canvas
90×70cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 312

TOPIC 1 ILLUSTRATION̶MYSTERIOUS BATHS
77– 86
Lithograph on the theme of the“Mysterious Baths”
for Jean Cocteauʼs Mythologie(Éditions des Quatre Chemins/EdmondDesjobert, Paris 1934)
1934
Lithograph on paper
28.2×22.6cm each
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico, Roma
Title page77
Mysterious Guest
78
Appearance of the Swan
79
Inexplicable Escape80
Solitary Bather
81
Mysterious Centaur
82
Idol in the Mysterious Baths
83
Beneath the Mysterious Cabin84
In the Disquieting Pool85
Mysterious Conversation
86
Inexplicable Gathering
87
Mysterious Baths
1936
Oil on canvas
35×25cm
Gian Enzo Sperone Collection
88
Mysterious Baths with Swan
1958
Oil on canvas
70×50cm
Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico,Roma, inv. 67
89
Mysterious Bathsc. 1965
Oil on canvas