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A work made of collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box.
© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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  • A work made of collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box.

Date:

January 18, 1937

Artist:

André Breton
French, 1896-1966

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

André Breton

Title

Untitled

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1937

Medium

Collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, lower center: "Pour Jacqueline / André / 18-1-1937"; inscribed: "CARTE/RESPLENDISSANTE (printed on card) de ma vie / J'ai compris / J'ai caressé l'enfant perdu / Dans le jardin de la pendule / Il y avait dans le train bleu / Uune femme aux cheveux d'hameçons" (Respledent card of my life / I've understood / I've caressed the lost child / In the garden of the clock / There in the blue train was / A woman with hair of fishhooks)

Dimensions

39.4 × 30.4 × 3.7 cm (15 9/16 × 12 × 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.307

Copyright

© 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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