Piercing the Stars

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Modern Art

Artist

Yves Tanguy

Title

Piercing the Stars

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.

1951

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

76 × 63.6 cm (29 15/16 × 25 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest from the estate of Kay Sage Tanguy

Reference Number

1964.1140

Copyright

© 2018 Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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