The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Beach

Beach

c. 1933–1936
(French, 1906–1974)
France, 20th century
photomechanical reproduction on magazine paper, collage
Image: 27 x 17.7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 15/16 in.); Mounted: 39.3 x 30.4 cm (15 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2007.51
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Location: not on view

Description

Collage, a technique in which various materials are attached to a backing, was used by avant-garde artists to poetically comment on the strangeness of the world. Artists such as Vassily Komardenkov used collage to respond to the political and cultural conditions after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Georges Hugnet sought to take everyday images and make them unexpected, emphasizing unconscious thoughts and dreams. Advances in photomechanical processes had, by the 1920s and 1930s, made possible a new wave of mass-produced images, which saturated modern life. Artists across movements saw the potential in repurposing these as raw artistic material, recombining fragments from travel guides, postcards, film and fashion magazines, and advertisements to make new meanings.
  • Kauffmann Family Estate, Los Angeles, CA
    Robert Hamburger [b.1943], New York, NY
    2007
    David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy. Palmer Museum of Art (September 14-December 5, 2004); McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, MA (January 16-March 27, 2005); Crocker Art Museum, Sacaramento, CA (July 9-September 11, 2005); Portland Museum of Art (January 1-March 19, 2006).
    Georges Hugnet Collages. Galerie 14/16 Verneuil, (November 13, 2003-January 31, 2004).
  • {{cite web|title=Beach|url=false|author=Georges Hugnet|year=c. 1933–1936|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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