Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits

Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits

Artist	Giorgio de Chirico
Year	1916
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	81.3 cm × 65.1 cm (32 in × 25 ⁵⁄₈ in)
Location	The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas

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 shaped frame. The image in the frame is an architectural scene in the style of de Chirico’s earlier work.

Giorgio de Chirico

Paintings	The Enigma of the Hour The Nostalgia of the Infinite Le Rêve Transformé The Soothsayer's Recompense The Child's Brain Gare Montparnasse The Song of Love The Double Dream of Spring The Disquieting Muses The Melancholy of Departure Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits Metaphysical Interior with Large Factory

Miscellaneous	Metaphysical art

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