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2409Decalcomania  

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  • Technique of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper onto a surface, such as glass. In surrealist painting, paint was spread over some parts of the canvas, then glass or a sheet of paper was pressed onto it. Chance air bubbles, rivulets and branchings of paint producing a varied surface structure also came about when the glass or paper was lifted from the canvas.

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  • http://www.getty.edu/

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Daskalothanasis Nikos (ASFA)

CREATOR

  • Dimakopoulou Christina (ASFA)

NOTATION

  • 2409

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