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Brunidor Portfolio No. 1, Plate 1: Rhabdomancie

1947

Yves Tanguy

(French, 1900–1955)
printer

Stanley William Hayter

(British, 1901–1988)
publisher

Edition Brunidor, New York

Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
Color etching
Support
Wove paper
Measurements
Platemark: 29.7 x 22.4 cm (11 11/16 x 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2016.4
Catalogue raisonné
Wittrock 13
Edition
22/70
Copyright
© Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This print is the largest one that Yves Tanguy created.

Description

In his Surrealist compositions, the painter and printmaker Yves Tanguy conjured mysterious forms that seem to float in otherworldly expanses. Although rhabdomancie means dowsing, or searching underground for water, Surrealist titles were not meant to explain content but to set a poetic mood. The three figures in this composition could be involved in the activity of searching; accessing the subconscious played an important role in Tanguy’s artistic practice.
An etching of a cluster of many figures made up of forms resembling bones and blocks. The background, from the top down, goes from light blue to yellow and then light gray to dark gray.

Brunidor Portfolio No. 1, Plate 1: Rhabdomancie

1947

Yves Tanguy, Stanley William Hayter, Edition Brunidor, New York

(French, 1900–1955), (British, 1901–1988)
France, 20th century

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