Yves Tanguy
Plantes de glace (Ice Plants), 1946
Signed 'YVES TANGUY' and dated '46' (lower right)
Gouache and brush and India ink over pencil on black paper
35.3 by 27.9 cm (13⅞ by 11 in.)
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Executed in 1946. In this scene of primordial chaos, Tanguy depicts biomorphic “ice plants” in a state of becoming. Surrounded by a dark space with clusters of white spots, massive,...
Executed in 1946.
In this scene of primordial chaos, Tanguy depicts biomorphic “ice plants” in a state of becoming. Surrounded by a dark space with clusters of white spots, massive, interlocked forms appear to float in space, suggesting a supernatural or alien world. This “inscape” is rooted in Tanguy’s Surrealist plumbing of the unconscious, taking abstract forms from the natural world and transforming them into recognizable yet strange symbols.
In this scene of primordial chaos, Tanguy depicts biomorphic “ice plants” in a state of becoming. Surrounded by a dark space with clusters of white spots, massive, interlocked forms appear to float in space, suggesting a supernatural or alien world. This “inscape” is rooted in Tanguy’s Surrealist plumbing of the unconscious, taking abstract forms from the natural world and transforming them into recognizable yet strange symbols.
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