Giorgio de Chirico
Italian (Vólos, Greece, 1888 - 1978, Rome, Italy)Les contrariétés du penseur (The Vexations of the Thinker)
1915
painting
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oil on canvas
On view in the museum, second floor
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18 1/4 in. x 15 in. (46.36 cm x 38.1 cm)
Acquired 1951
Collection SFMOMA
Templeton Crocker Fund purchase
© Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico
51.8
Keywords
abstraction, people, silhouettes, cityscapes, buildings, arches, windows, metaphysical, Surrealism, dreams
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