Photo of collection object Au Coeur de la Paresse
Tanguy, Yves. Au Coeur de la Paresse, 1946. Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 in.. Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation, 2004.30.26. © artist or artist's estate.

Au Coeur de la Paresse

1946

Yves Tanguy

American, born France, 1900-1955

Contemporary Art

Surrealism, a visual and literary movement founded in 1924, originated as a European response to the First World War. Yves Tanguy painted Surrealist landscapes devoid of human figures throughout his career.

Composition and Robe du Matin—created during Tanguy’s self-imposed exile in the United States in the wake of World War II—speak to the irrationality of war and the annihilation of Europe’s people. Using Surrealist free association and unexpected juxtapositions, Tanguy frames vast voids with interlocking forms that resemble body parts and spindly rods. His dreamlike deviations from the natural world reflect Surrealism’s interest in Freudian psychology and the subconscious, and perhaps the postwar landscape of 1946 Europe.
Maker/Artist
Tanguy, Yves
Classification
Painting
Formatted Medium
Oil on canvas
Medium
oil, canvas
Dimensions
39 x 32 in.
Inscribed
Label on board: Pierre Matisse Gallery/ 41 East 57 St, New York 22, NY/ Artist: Yves Tanguy Title: Au Coeur de la parene/ No. ST A763/ Size 39x32
Departments
Contemporary Art
Accession Number
2004.30.26
Credit Line
Gift of The Beatrice and Samuel A. Seaver Foundation
Exhibitions
European Art
Rights Statement
© artist or artist's estate
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