Metaphysical Interior with Large Factory

Metaphysical Interior with Large Factory is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico, from 1916. It is part of a series that extended late into de Chirico's career.Modern art 1900-1945, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1999, p. 24

Like the other works in this series it depicts a small room cluttered with surreal objects. This time the main focus is a painting within the painting, the framed picture of a factory complex. Matilde Battistini states that "The building in the Classical style represents a utopian wish to return to a city "made to the measure of man". The painting also includes drafting tools, which are symbols of the architect and engineers professions, according to Battistini.Matilde Battistini, Symbols and Allegories in Art, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005, p. 270

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