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Piazza d'Italia is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Description
Piazza d'Italia (before 1935) is a painting by the avant-garde painter Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) who is often seen as the predecessor of Surrealism. The painting's fantastic location and dream-like ambience in combination with photo-realist technique are clearly part of the surrealist discourse of artists such as Salvador Dali, Renée Magritte, and Yves Tanguy. Piazza d'Italia is easily recognizable as a de Chirico because of its carefully executed, drafts-man like Renaissance architecture with ideal classical proportions and perfection. Much of de Chirico's work can be identified by this odd combination of a precise architectural classicism with modern, haunting renderings of the subconscious mind.

Acquisition
This work was a gift of Gift of Sam and Ayala Zacks in 1970. it was acquired by the Zacks in 1952 in Rome.