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A Real Wheel
1983 · Cut and pasted papers and printed material, pastel, wash, graphite and leaf on paper
21 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (54 × 79.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Roland Penrose
1900
PhotographySurrealism
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
9
Assets Indexed
2
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Surrealism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Collage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948
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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936–1937
About
Why this artist matters now
Sir Roland Algernon Penrose was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
Background
Education
Queens' College
Visual Arts
Leighton Park School
Visual Arts
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