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The Enigma of a Day

Giorgio de Chirico

1914

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 6' 1 1/4" x 55" (185.5 x 139.7 cm)
Genre: painting
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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