Blood Machine (recto); Untitled (verso)

Prints and Drawings

1942

Kay Sage
American, 1898-1963

Born in Albany, New York, Kay Sage studied art in Washington, D.C., Rome, and later in Paris, joining the Surrealist movement in 1937. She returned to New York at the outbreak of Work War II with her husband, fellow Surrealist Yves Tanguy. Created after their move to rural Connecticut in 1942, Blood Machine was a gift to their neighbor, Judson Darrow, a friend and gunsmith.

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Artist: Kay Sage
Title: Blood Machine (recto); Untitled (verso)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1942
Medium: Collage of cut and painted elements and pen and black ink (decalcomania; recto); graphite (verso) on light blue laid paper
Dimensions: 40 × 32 cm (15 3/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro
Reference Number: 1992.261

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