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. Big Dialog (1966) VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Karel Nepraš’s sculpture, made
from industrial scrap metal Practical Information
held together with wires, was Veletržní palác, Dukelských
painted red to poke fun at hrdinů 47.
the Communist regime. Tel 224 301 122.
∑ ngprague.cz
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun (last
adm 30 mins before closing).
& 7 0 =
Transport
X Vltavská. v 12, 17, 24 to
Veletržní palác; 1, 8, 25, 26 to
Stairs to Strossmayerovo náměstí.
all floors Second
Floor

. The Virgin (1913)
This colourful work
epitomizes the distinctive,
erotic Art Nouveau style
of painter Gustav Klimt.

Stairs to
all floors

First Floor

Mezzanine
Floor

Ground
Floor

The fascia’s
Pregnant Woman and Death (1911) concrete and
Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele’s glass bands are
disturbing allegory of sex and death Main typical of 1920s
was influenced by Sigmund Freud. entrance Functionalism.

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