Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits | |
Other Language 1: | Italian |
Artist: | Giorgio de Chirico |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 81.3 |
Width Metric: | 65.1 |
Height Imperial: | 32 |
Museum: | Menil Collection |
City: | Houston |
Metaphysical Interior with Biscuits (Italian: '''Interno metafisico con biscotti'''|link=no) is a 1916 painting by Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico. It is one of the earliest editions in a series of works that extended late into 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.