Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V) / Douglas Huebler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/1.160.2
- Title
- Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V)
- Artist
- Douglas Huebler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1990
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Conceptual Art
- Dimensions
- 104 cm x 73.7 cm x 3.2 cm (40 15/16 in. x 29 in. x 1 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 21st century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- acrylic painting on canvas
- Subject Matter
- Huebler depicts a montage of elements directly cited from or reminiscent of iconic paintings of the Italian Metaphysical School of painting, 1913-20. Forms of Renaissance architecture, perspective space, and sculptural objects are arranged in a surrealistic dream space.
- Secondary Keywords
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- making art
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3280 x 4667
- File Size
- 453 KB
- Record
- 2008/1.160.2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-1.160.2/2008_1.160.2.jpg
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"Crocodile Tears: Buried Treasure (De Chirico V); Douglas Huebler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-1.160.2/2008_1.160.2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.