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Caja de Jean Nicolle (Jean Nicolle's Box), 1948

  • Remedios Varo, Spanish, 1908 - 1963

Oil paint, wood, glass, metal leaf, ferrous metal, and masonite

  • Overall: 18 × 20 × 2 3/4 inches (45.7 × 50.8 × 7 cm)

Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

2022.6

Department

Contemporary Art after 1950

Details

(Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, California, USA)

2022-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Remedios Varo, Caja de Jean Nicolle (Jean Nicolle's Box), 1948, oil paint, wood, glass, metal leaf, ferrous metal, and Masonite. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2022.6.

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