.a: Épervier Incassable (1920), .b: Untitled (1921)
André Breton
French, 1896–1966
Yves Tanguy
American, born France. 1900–1955
1941
A page from Yves Tanguy’s notebook made with colored ink and a cut-and-pasted printed label, where the artist records evocative titles and poetic fragments as prompts for his surreal imagery.
The sheet reads like a staged poem—calligraphic lines in pink and green ink and a small printed date float on warm, slightly foxed paper beside the spiral binding, producing a spare, dreamlike hush rather than a finished picture.
The page shows Tanguy’s working method—melding automatic writing, word-play, and collage—which helped generate the biomorphic visions central to Surrealism and shaped later developments in abstract and lyrical art.
Medium
.a: Colored ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper
.b: Ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper
Dimensions
10 7/8 x 8 5/8" (27.8 x 22.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
Accession
346.1955.9a-b
Palette
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