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Óscar DomínguezWW-1938-134651

1938·Oil on board and wood·9.2 × 5.5 cm (with wood bo× 17 × 13 × 3.5 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1938
Medium: Oil on board and wood
Dimensions: 9.2 × 5.5 cm (with wood bo× 17 × 13 × 3.5 cm)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Óscar Domínguez

Artist

Óscar Domínguez

Painting

A Spanish-French artist prominent in the Surrealist milieu of the early twentieth century, Óscar Domínguez created uncanny, dream-like distortions of reality with precise technique across his body of work. His audacious images imbue everyday objects with symbolic power—pianos, can openers, typewriters, butterflies—to evoke both the supernatural and Surrealist theories about unconscious desire.

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

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