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Piercing the Stars by Yves Tanguy — VisualArtsDB

Piercing the Stars

Piercing the Stars

1951

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 × 63.6 cm (29 15/16 × 25 1/8 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintingmodern and contemporary artgeometricfuturelandscapesSpace

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