Yves Tanguy. The Surrealist Universe.
Somogy| N° d'inventaire | 22977 |
| Format | 24 x 30.5 |
| Détails | 223 p., hardcover with dust jacket. |
| Publication | Paris, 2007 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782757200568 |
Yves Tanguy, considered one of the masters of surrealism, was a true star in the United States, where he went into exile early on. This book lifts the veil on his private life and offers a panorama of his creation: paintings, drawings, exquisite corpses, illustrated books for Éluard, Breton and Aragon... ''If Tanguy's star is rising ever higher, it is because he is ideally honest and intact, that he escapes by his nature any kind of compromise. Tanguy's painting has barely revealed its charm yet: it will later reveal its secret.'' André Breton, in Des tendances les plus récents de la peinture surréaliste, Minotaure, May 1939. To this day, Yves Tanguy, the greatest French surrealist painter, described as ''surrealist painter par excellence'', is still little known. The general public undoubtedly appreciates more the "Magritte-like" images or the "Dali-like" extravagances, but the favor of amateurs is still intact. This universe of pure poetry and these representations of a world known only to him, retain all their mysteries and all their powers in the face of the avant-gardes. His work still fascinates those who agree to enter it.
Yves Tanguy, considered one of the masters of surrealism, was a true star in the United States, where he went into exile early on. This book lifts the veil on his private life and offers a panorama of his creation: paintings, drawings, exquisite corpses, illustrated books for Éluard, Breton and Aragon... ''If Tanguy's star is rising ever higher, it is because he is ideally honest and intact, that he escapes by his nature any kind of compromise. Tanguy's painting has barely revealed its charm yet: it will later reveal its secret.'' André Breton, in Des tendances les plus récents de la peinture surréaliste, Minotaure, May 1939. To this day, Yves Tanguy, the greatest French surrealist painter, described as ''surrealist painter par excellence'', is still little known. The general public undoubtedly appreciates more the "Magritte-like" images or the "Dali-like" extravagances, but the favor of amateurs is still intact. This universe of pure poetry and these representations of a world known only to him, retain all their mysteries and all their powers in the face of the avant-gardes. His work still fascinates those who agree to enter it.