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Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits
Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits (1916) is a painting by the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. It is one of the earliest editions in a series of works that extended late into de Chirico’s career.
Like the others in this series, this painting depicts a room cluttered with objects in a surreal arrangement. In this case the main focus is a panel on which are mounted several biscuits (crackers) arranged to resemble an abstract face. Behind this panel is a picture in an irregularly
, "The Purity of a Dream", "Two Sisters (The Jewish Angel)" and "The Duo" (1915)
- "Andromache", "The Melancholy of Departure", "The Disquieting Muses", "Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits" (1916)
- "Metaphysical Interior with Large Factory" and "The Faithful Servitor" (both began in 1916), "The Great Metaphysician", "Ettore e Andromaca", "Metaphysical Interior", "Geometric Composition with Landscape and Factory