Cosmic Fragments: De Chirico, Calligrammes and Particles ...

These allusions are redoubled in De Chirico’s own writings of the period, beginning with the group of Frammenti (titled by the artist) corresponding to the war years in Ferrara from 1916-1918 containing the poem Frammento, its stanzas burdened by the repetitive: sono un immobile ipotecato (I am an immobile hypothetical); and sustained in his ... ................
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