These photos are were taken by me at the
Menil Collection - June 1, 2001.
This photos don't do the exhibit justice by any means. Hope you got to see it!
Also, buy the book to see better images of the artwork -
Yves Tanguy and Surrealism
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PROMONTORY PALACE. 1930.
(Palais promontoire).
Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x
23 3/8".
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim
Collection, Venice.
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NEITHER LEGENDS NOR FIGURES. 1930.
(Légendes ni figures).
Oil on canvas, 32 x
25 5/8".
The Menil Collection, Houston, 1960.
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TITLE UNKNOWN. 1931.
Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x
35".
Private Collection.
Courtesy of Massimo Martino Fine Arts & Projects, Mendrisio.
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UNTITLED. 1931.
Pen in ink and gouache on paper,
4 3/4 x 11 1/2".
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935.
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THE ARMOIRE OF PROTEUS. 1931.
(L'Armoire de Protée).
Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 5/8".
Private Collection.
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TOWER OF THE WEST. 1931.
(La Tour de l'ouest).
Oil on canvas, 10 5/8 x 8 1/2".
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, promised bequest of Erna and
Curt Burgauer.
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FOUR PART SCREEN (THE FIRMAMENT). 1932.
(Paravent, quatre feuilles (Le Firmament)).
Oil on cardboard, mounted on canvas.
Overall size without frames: 51 1/8 x 73 1/4" (each panel 50 7/8 x 17
1/2").
Berardo Collection, Lisbon, courtesy of the Mayor
Gallery, London.
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I AM WAITING FOR YOU. 1934.
(Je vous attends).
Oil on canvas, 28 1/2 x 45".
Los Angeles County Museum, 1994.
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UNTITLED. 1936.
Gouache on paper, 3 1/8 x
9 3/8".
Timothy Baum Collection, New York.
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UNTITLED. 1936.
India ink on paper, 12 3/4 x
19 3/4".
Decalcomania (transfer print).
Drukier Collection, New York, courtesy of Timothy Baum. New York.
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HEREDITY OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERISTICS. 1936.
(Hérédité
des caractères acquis).
Oil on canvas, 16 1/8 x
13".
The Menil Collection, Houston, 1965.
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LINGERING DAY. 1937.
(Jour de lenteur).
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x
28 3/4".
Musée national d'art moderne,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, assigned 1978.
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THE DOUBTER (THE INTERROGATION). 1937.
(Le Questionnant).
Oil, 23 5/8 x 31 3/4".
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian
Institution,
Washington D.C., Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972.
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ENNUI AND TRANQUILITY. 1938.
(L'Ennui et la tranquillité).
Oil on canvas, 55 7/8 x 40
1/8".
Private Collection, courtesy of Galerie Daniel Malingue,
Paris.
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FAMILIAR LITTLE PERSON. 1938.
(Petit personnage familier).
Cut-out composed of separate pieces, pencil, and crayon,
9 1/4 x
5 3/4".
Musée national d'art moderne,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1975.
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THE FURNITURE OF TIME. 1939.
(Le Temps meublé).
Oil on canvas, 46 x 35 1/4".
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, James Thrall Soby
Bequest, 1979.
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IF IT WERE. 1939.
(Si c'était).
Oil on canvas, 30 3/4 x
46 1/8".
Private Collection, courtesy of Eliane Ganz, New York.
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HIDDEN THOUGHTS (MY HIDDEN THOUGHTS). 1939.
(Airrière-pensés
(Mes airrière-pensés)).
Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x
28 3/4".
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
Bequest purchase of William L. Gerstle Collection, 1952.
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