Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) The seer - Winter 1914-1915 - Oil on canvas - H. 89.6; W. 70.1 cm Older collection: Paul Guillaume New York, The Museum of Modern Art, James Thrall Soby Bequest, 1979. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Scala, Florence© Adagp, Paris, 2020 A masterpiece of the time, The seer is this figure, seated on a wooden chopping block, whose cubed shape symbolises the material world. On his forehead he wears a headband with a star, recalling those worn by the priests of ancient initiation cults. Its identity could be that of the artist himself or one of
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