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Rudolf Kosow
Missing Pieces (oil painting surrealist birthday cake dessert couple cherry red)

2019

$3,900
£2,893.95
€3,371.06
CA$5,428.83
A$6,045.49
CHF 3,146.34
MX$74,540.16
NOK 40,071.09
SEK 37,662.94
DKK 25,152.27
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About the Item

At first glance, simple, banal things are visible but something is clearly strange here, what is going on here? And where did a piece of cake disappear? keywords; surrealism, food, cake, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, couple, vintage, nostalgia
  • Creator:
    Rudolf Kosow (1972, German, Kazakhstani)
  • Creation Year:
    2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37.41 in (95 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Quebec, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU90714674722

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