Robe du Matin
Object Label
Yves Tanguy is identified with images such as this one: desolate vistas that stretch toward infinity and are punctuated by amorphous shapes, all rendered with eerie clarity. Such imagined landscapes reflect an interest in dreams and the subconscious that was typical of the Surrealist group, to which he belonged.
In 1939 Tanguy immigrated to the United States to escape the rise of Fascism in Europe. He produced imagery similar to that seen here earlier in his career, but in the aftermath of World War II, the atmosphere of his paintings took on more disquieting connotations.
Caption
Yves Tanguy Paris, France, 1900 – 1955, Woodbury, Connecticut. Robe du Matin, 1946. Oil on canvas, 23 x 28in. (58.4 x 71.1cm) frame: 34 1/4 × 39 3/8 × 5 in. (87 × 100 × 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation, 2004.30.25. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Robe du Matin
Date
1946
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
23 x 28in. (58.4 x 71.1cm) frame: 34 1/4 × 39 3/8 × 5 in. (87 × 100 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation
Accession Number
2004.30.25
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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