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Yves Tanguy
"Solidarity, " Etching of an Surrealist Landscape signed by Yves Tanguy

1947

About the Item

"Solidarity" is an original etching by surrealist artist Yves Tanguy. The artist signed the piece in pencil in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 109/150, in the lower left. This piece depicts a variety of surreal figures and forms created with simple contour lines. 3 7/8" x 3 1/8" art 10 1/8" x 9 1/2" frame Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) was in many respects the quintessential Surrealist. A sociable eccentric who ate spiders as a party trick, and a close friend of Andre Breton, Tanguy was best-known for his misshapen rocks and molten surfaces that lent definition to the Surrealist aesthetic. Self-taught but enormously skilled, Tanguy painted a hyper-real world with exacting precision. His landscapes, a high-octane blend of fact and fiction, captured the attention of important artists and thinkers from Salvador Dalí to Mark Rothko who admitted their debt to the older artist. And even Carl Gustave Jung used a canvas by Tanguy to illustrate his theory of the collective unconscious.
  • Creator:
    Yves Tanguy (1900-1955, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1947
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.125 in (25.72 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 228d1stDibs: LU60532348281
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