Study for Totem Landscape of My Childhood
Wolfgang PaalenWW-1937-M069823
Catalogue
- Year
- 1937
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21 7/8 x 15 1/8" (55.3 x 38.3 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Wolfgang Paalen
Artist
Wolfgang Paalen
Painting
Wolfgang Paalen was an Austrian-born painter, sculptor, and theorist whose contributions reshaped the philosophical and material foundations of Surrealism. Throughout his painting, sculpture, and writing, Paalen sought to reveal the structures beneath perception and the operative forces of reality.
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- Wolfgang Paalen
- Year
- 1937
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21 7/8 x 15 1/8" (55.3 x 38.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1937-M069823
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- Status
- verified