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Exhibition Review
André Masson: Il n’y a pas de monde achevé
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 848–51
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Reviewer:
Taylor, Brandon (Taylor, Brandon)
Subjects
artists:
Masson, André
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France
styles:
Surrealism
subjects:
French art / American art / Breton, André / Bataille, Georges
Reviewed Items
subjects:
André Masson: Il n’y a pas de monde achevé Centre Pompidou-Metz 29th March–2nd September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Louis Aragon, by André Masson. 1924. Ink on paper, 43 by 34.5 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centre Pompidou-Metz).
Attributed works:
2. Le Jardin saccagé (The ransacked garden), by André Masson. 1934. Oil on canvas, 82 by 116 cm. (Private collection; exh. Centre Pompidou-Metz).
Attributed works:
3. The labyrinth, by André Masson. 1938. Oil on canvas, 120 by 61 cm. (Centre- Pompidou, Paris; exh. Centre Pompidou-Metz).
Article
Tanguy's titles
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 932–45
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Author:
Mack, Stephen (Mack, Stephen)
Subjects
artists:
Tanguy, Yves / Sage (Tanguy), Kay / Dalí, Salvador
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939 / 1940-1949
sources:
Nostradamus
subjects:
French art / Dada / Surrealism / Titles of works of art / Poetry / Literature / Breton, André / Translations
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Maman, Papa est blessé, by Yves Tanguy. 1927. Oil on canvas, 92.1 by 73 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
2. Dame à l’absence, by Yves Tanguy. 1942. Oil on canvas, 115 by 89.5 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; photograph by Walter Klein; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein- Westfalen, Dusseldorf).
Attributed works:
3. Inventions of the monsters, by Salvador Dalí. 1937. Oil on canvas, 51.4 by 78.4 cm. (© Salvador Dali, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí; DACS, London; Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
4. Poem-object, by André Breton. 1941. Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves and paper mounted on drawing board, 45.8 by 53.2 by 10.9 cm. (© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Le Diaposin de satin, by Yves Tanguy. 1940. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 81.3 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
6. La Grue des sables, by Yves Tanguy. 1945. Gouache on paper, 46.1 by 31 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
7. Terre d’ombre, by Yves Tanguy. 1927. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 80.3 cm. (© Artists Rights Society, NY and DACS, London; Scala, Florence; |Detroit Institute of Art).
Book Review
Enchanted Ground: André Breton, Modernism and the Surrealist Appraisal of Fin-de-Siècle Painting. By Gavin Parkinson
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 81-83
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Reviewer:
Richardson, Michael (Richardson, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Breton, André
artists:
Cézanne, Paul / Renoir, Pierre-Auguste / Seurat, Georges / Gauguin, Paul / Gogh, Vincent van / Filiger, Charles / Magritte, René / Dalí, Salvador / Manet, Edouard
styles:
Surrealism / Fin de siècle
Reviewed Items
styles:
Enchanted Ground: André Breton, Modernism and the Surrealist Appraisal of Fin-de-Siècle Painting By Gavin Parkinson. 352 pp incl. 15 col. + 113 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London and Oxford, 2018), £102. ISBN 978–1–5013–3725–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Be in love and you will be happy, by Paul Gauguin. 1889. Wood relief, 95 by 72 by 6.4 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Book Review
The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism. By Whitney Chadwick
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1075-1076
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Reviewer:
Cheale, Matthew (Cheale, Matthew)
Subjects
art literature:
Breton, André / Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850
artists:
Carrington, Leonora / Cahun, Claude / Agar, Eileen / Fini, Leonor / Penrose, Valentine / Paalen, Alice / Kahlo, Frida / Lamba, Jacqueline / Moore, Marcel / Miller, Lee
dates:
1900-1999
media:
Books / Documents / Photographs / Paintings
places:
France / Mexico
subjects:
Artists' writings / Correspondence / Biographies / Poetry / Surrealism / Women / Women artists / Gender / Magic / Occultism / Mysticism / Alchemy / Nazism / World War (1939-1945) / Collaborators / Literature
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Jacqueline Lamba and Frida Kalho in Pátzcuaro, Mexico. 1938. Photograph. (Private Collection; © Association Atelier André Breton and ADAGP).
Exhibition Review
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 862-863
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Reviewer:
Oliver, Sophie (Oliver, Sophie)
Subjects
art literature:
Breton, André
artists:
Kahlo, Frida / Rivera, Diego / Freund, Gisèle / Weston, Edward / Álvarez Bravo, Lola / Murray, Nickolas
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Photographs / Art objects / Costume / Jewellery
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Mexican painting / Self-portraits / Surrealism / Politics / Popular culture / Capitalism / Communism / Nationalism / Dress
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Self-portrait, by Frida Kahlo. 1948. Panel, 50 by 40 cm. (Private collection; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
20. Self-portrait on the border between Mexico and the United States of America, by Frida Kahlo. 1932. Oil on metal, 31 by 35 cm. (Modern Art International Foundation; courtesy María and Manuel Reyero; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
19. Cotton huipil with machine-embroidered chain stitch; printed cotton skirt with embroidery and holán (ruffle). (Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Picasso 1932: Love, Fame, Tragedy. Tate Modern, London
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 507-509
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Reviewer:
Karsten Schubert (Karsten Schubert)
Subjects
art literature:
Schapiro, Meyer / Breton, André / Leiris, Michel
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
Tate Modern, London, Great Britain / Musée Picasso, Paris, France
places:
Great Britain / London / France / Paris
subjects:
Spanish painting / Surrealism / Cubist / Neo-classicism / Eroticism / Christian iconography / Sitters / Walter, Marie-Thérèse
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. The three dancers, by Pablo Picasso. 1925. Canvas, 215.3 by 142.2 cm. (Tate, London; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
24. Sleeping nude with blonde hair. 1932 (21st December). Canvas, 130 by 162 cm. (Nahmad Collection, Monaco; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Attributed works:
25. Nude in a black armchair. 1932 (9th March). Canvas, 162 by 123 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Modern, London).
Exhibition Review
André Breton. Villeneuve d’Ascq
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
Pages: 745-747
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Reviewer:
Parkinson, Gavin (Parkinson, Gavin)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée d'Art moderne de Lille, Villeneuve d Ascq, France
subjects:
Breton, André / Surrealism / Naïve art / Magic
Reviewed Items
subjects:
André Breton et l'Art magique | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Composition symbolique, by Augustin Lesage. 1928 (Lille metropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'Art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq; photograph © ADAGP Paris)
Attributed works:
71. Installation view of Yüksel Arslan at LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 24th June to 15th October.
Attributed works:
72. Double face chromatic notation: large head in an open mouth (verso), by Charles Filiger. 1890 (Musée des beaux arts de Quimper; exh. LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq)
Attributed works:
73. Giant anteater, by André Breton. 1962 (Musee d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; exh. LaM, Villeneuve d'Ascq; © ADAGP Paris)
Article
Surrealism versus the academy: Charles Estienne on Paul Gauguin and Vasily Kandinsky
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 623-629
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Author:
Parkinson, Gavin (Parkinson, Gavin)
Subjects
art literature:
Estienne, Charles, art critic, act. 20th c. / Breton, André / Apollinaire, Guillaume
artists:
Gauguin, Paul / Kandinsky, Wassily / Sérusier, Paul / Ernst, Max
artists:
Denis, Maurice / Filiger, Charles
places:
Pont-Aven / Brittany
subjects:
Surrealism / Academicism / Art theory / Art criticism / Art history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Still life with oranges, by Paul Gauguin. 1880 (Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes)
Attributed works:
32. Te reroia (The dream), by Paul Gauguin. 1897 (Courtauld Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
33. Dada Gauguin, by Max Ernst. 1920 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Attributed works:
34. The talisman, by Paul Sérusier. 1888 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Attributed works:
36. Symbolist architecture with two green bulls, by Charles Filiger. c.1900-14 (Musée des beaux-arts, Quimper)
Western art unattributed:
35. Photograph of André Breton, Benjamin Péret, Yves Elléouët and Charles Estienne at Saint-Cirque-Lapopie. c.1952 (Atelier André Breton, Paris)
Exhibition Review
André Breton. Paris, Musée nationale d'art moderne
07/1991 | 1060 | 133
Pages: 479-480
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, David (Hopkins, David)
Subjects
dates:
1990-1999
museums and institutions:
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
places:
France / Paris
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
subjects:
Breton, André
Illustrations
Attributed works:
62. Le cerveau de l'enfant, by Giorgio de Chirico. 1914. 80 by 65 cm. (Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Exh. Musée nationale d'art moderne, Paris).
Attributed works:
63. Composition au papillon, by Pablo Picasso. 1932. Mixed Media on Canvas, 16 by 22 by 2.5 cm. (Musée Picasso, Paris; Exh. Musée nationale d'art moderne, Paris).
Book Review
Collage. Critical Views [and: The Dada and Surrealist Word-Image; Andre Breton Today]
10/1990 | 1051 | 132
Pages: 726-727
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Reviewer:
Cardinal, Roger (Cardinal, Roger)
Subjects
dates:
1900-1949
subjects:
Dada / Surrealism
subjects:
Breton, André
subjects:
Collages / Avant-garde / Art criticism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Collage. Critical Views; The Dada and Surrealist Word-Image; Andre Breton Today | author: Balakian, Anna , author: Freeman, Judi , author: Hoffman, Katherine , author: Kuenzli, Rudolf E. , author: Welchman, John C.
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