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Onan

A work made of book.

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Date:

Paris 1934

Artist:

Georges Hugnet (French, 1906-1974)
frontispiece by Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Georges Hugnet

Title

Onan

Place

Germany (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.

1934

Medium

Book

Inscriptions

Ryerson copy is signed by the author. Ryerson copy has the frontispiece by Dali. It is in etching and aquatint and is signed by the artist in pencil.

Dimensions

28.5 × 23.2 × 0.5 cm (11 1/4 × 9 3/16 × 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.165

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