Robe du Matin
Yves Tanguy
Contemporary Art
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.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1946
DIMENSIONS
23 x 28in. (58.4 x 71.1cm)
frame: 34 1/4 × 39 3/8 × 5 in. (87 × 100 × 12.7 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
2004.30.25
CREDIT LINE
Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1989, provenance not yet documented; before 1989, acquired or exhibited by Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY, no. 1766; by 1992, acquired by Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver of New York, NY; 2004, gift of the Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum.
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