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A sculpture from this country was reconstructed from red plaster fragments after a collector threw it in the dump. An artist from this country who called sculpture “that mummified art” turned to plaster and other mixed media in his work, seeking to destroy the “pretended nobility” of marble and bronze. A sketch in a “Technical Manifesto” from this country inspired a work depicting the “interpenetration of planes” of the title deconstructed object. This country’s 20-cent (15[1])coin features a (10[1])flowing sculpture striding atop (15[1])(*) two bronze blocks. Development of a Bottle was created by a (10[1])dynamist artist from this country who also sculpted Unique Forms of Continuity (10[1])in Space. (-5[1])For 10 points, the Winged Victory of Samothrace was (10[1])less beautiful than a “roaring motor car” to the Futurist artists of what country? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Italy [or Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana] (All of the clues describe Umberto Boccioni. The first and third lines refer to Development of a Bottle in Space.)
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