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‘El ángel y el escarabajo’ (1941) After #LaObraDelDía

‘El ángel y el escarabajo’ (1941) After #LaObraDelDía Image: National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Buenos Aires

‘El ángel y el escarabajo’ (1941) is a woodcut by José Planas Casas.

Planas Casas was a Spanish artist who became an Argentine citizen. His work addressed surrealist themes, and he admired André Breton and Salvador Dalí.

At the foot of the image, the inscription reads: ‘Al profesor Juan Mantovani’.

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