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French Artist Signed Yves Tanguy Gouache on Paper

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French Artist Signed Yves Tanguy Gouache on Paper
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Gouache on paper, framed. Featuring abstract figures. Signed and attributed to Yves Tanguy (French, 1900-1955), on the lower right corner. 24.5 x 19 cm (9.6 x 7.5 in.). A glimpse of Giorgio de Chirico’s painting Child’s Skull (1914) through a gallery window so profoundly affected Yves Tanguy, it prompted him to pick up a paintbrush. Self-taught, he befriended and drew inspiration from Andre Breton (and later Alexander Calder), joining the Surrealist movement and consistently representing one of the purest strains of the style. Initially, his love of nature, especially the sea, led Tanguy to paint hazy sea creatures and aquatic vegetation, yet he is best known for his sparse, abstract landscapes populated by biomorphic shapes and painted in somber hues. PROVENANCE: Southern Ontario estate