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Melusine and the Great Transparents by Kurt Seligmann — VisualArtsDB

Melusine and the Great Transparents

Melusine and the Great Transparents

1943

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 74.3 × 61 cm (29 1/4 × 24 in.)
Genre: painting
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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paintingMythologymodern and contemporary artSurrealism in exilecyclonic formsfolkloremagicabstract shapesSurrealism

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