(4691) Toyen = 1983 TU
Discovered 1983 Oct. 7 by A. Mrkos at Kleť.
Named in memory of Toyen (1902-1980), Czech painter and graphic artist, born Marie Čermínová. She is known for her imaginative abstraction, called artificialism, resulting in surrealistic style.
Name suggested by J. Tichá.
(MPC 34340 – 1999 April 2)

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left: Deserted Den, 1937, oil on canvas, State galery of Art, Cheb, Czech Republic
right: Screen,1966, oil and collage on canvas, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France

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