Yves Tanguy / The Foreigners / 1947

Yves Tanguy
The Foreigners
1947
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Creator Name: Tanguy, Yves
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1900 - 1955
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Paris
Creator Death Place: Woodbury, Connecticut
Creator Name-CRT: Yves Tanguy
Title: The Foreigners
Title Type: Primary
Title: Open Sky
Title Type: alternate
Title: Les Étrangers
Title Type: Foreign
Title: Plein Ciel
Title Type: Foreign Alternate
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1947
Creation End Date: 1947
Creation Date: 1947
Object Type: Prints
Classification Term: Print
Materials and Techniques: etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 33.4cm x 25.3cm, Platemark: 17.3cm x 12.5cm
Inscriptions: signed in graphite; inscribed with the title, Les Étrangers, possibly by Kay Sage (Tanguy's Widow)
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 2000.8
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Robert P. Bergman
Copyright: ? Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Context:

Influenced by the writings of psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists wanted to expand awareness beyond conscious, rational thought to the subconscious realm of ideas, perceptions, and creative impulses. To gain access to the subconscious, they used dream imagery and free-association techniques, including automatic drawing (letting the hand draw without conscious direction). Artists like Tanguy and Kurt Seligmann, who fled Nazi-occupied Europe, brought Surrealism to New York,

Tanguy's work reveals the domain of the imagination through visionary, dreamlike imagery. Mysterious forms, often related to bones or sexual organs, float in a ambiguously vast and otherworldly expanse. These fantastic stone and bonelike biomorphic forms (based on shapes found in nature) were inspired by the curious cliff formations he saw during a trip to Africa in 1930-31, and by the prehistoric dolmens and menhirs (monumental stone sculptures) of Brittany, where he spent many vacations.

AMICA ID: CMA_.2000.8
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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