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The Inventors by Kurt Seligmann — VisualArtsDB

The Inventors

The Inventors

1958

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 121.9 × 152.4 cm (48 × 60 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintingmodern and contemporary artSurrealism in exilebiomorphicabstract shapesSurrealism

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The Calamities of Winter, plate ten from Protuberences and Cardiaques

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The First Aviator, plate eight from Protuberences and Cardiaques

The First Aviator, plate eight from Protuberences and Cardiaques

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Vampire, plate eleven from Protuberences and Cardiaques

Vampire, plate eleven from Protuberences and Cardiaques

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Broken Mouth, plate nine from Protuberences and Cardiaques

Broken Mouth, plate nine from Protuberences and Cardiaques

Kurt Seligmann, 1933

Meditation III

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Untitled

Kurt Seligmann, 1955

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Kurt Seligmann, 1949

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E IA ON

Kurt Seligmann, 1944

Romantic Industries, plate three from Protuberences and Cardiaques

Romantic Industries, plate three from Protuberences and Cardiaques

Kurt Seligmann, 1933