![Giorgio de Chirico - Furniture in the Valley [1928]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3856/14528530020_f8153abf79_o.jpg)
Painted during de Chirico’s stay in Paris from 1925 until 1932, the present work is part of the artist’s Mobili nella valle (Furniture in the Valley) series. A chance encounter there inspired this series of eight paintings, each of which juxtapose everyday mundane objects within a barren landscape, populated by mysterious allusions to antiquity. Indeed, this concept of presenting everyday objects out of their habitual context would prove to be crucial in the development of Surrealism.
[Sotheby’s, New York - Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 100 cm]