"Metro" Yves Tanguy
Artist
Jean Cocteau
(French, 1889 - 1963)
Daten.d.
MediumBlack ink on paper
DimensionsSheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.89 x 22.86 cm)
Mat: 16 3/4 x 14 inches (42.55 x 35.56 cm)
Mat: 16 3/4 x 14 inches (42.55 x 35.56 cm)
Credit LineJoseph F. McCrindle Collection, gift in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2009.20.8
SignedOn the lower right side written in pencil is "dod"
The drawing is mounted on board. Written on the board in pencil is:
Jean Cocteau/ Yves Tanguy dans la metro:/ Woodbury, Connecticut/ dsx/ MC094/ A0287
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DescriptionThis drawing depicts the full figural form of a man in profile. He wears a suit jacket with accessory around his neck. His hair is rendered as a jagged line, he wears dark glasses (or eye is rendered as dark area); his proper left hand is in his pants pocket and his proper right hand holds a smoking cigarette. He is shown ascending a staircase. The word "METRO" is written as an arching form above the man.ProvenanceJoseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, by July 11, 2008;
His bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2009.
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