Year 1921 Artist Carlo Carrà Genre Still life | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1921 | |
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Dimensions 55 cm × 45 cm (22 in × 18 in) Location Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Periods Surrealism, Metaphysical art People also search for The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli | ||
The Engineer's Lover (Italian: L'amante dell'ingegnere) is a painting by Italian painter Carlo Carrà. It was finished during the metaphysical phase of the artist (1921).
It portrays an enigmatic head of a maiden on a brown table, flanked by a green panel with a triangle and a compasses (symbols of rationalism). The black background contributes to underline the timeless atmosphere of the scene.
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