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Yves Tanguy American, born France
1926
Not on view
Tanguy’s debt to the still and imaginative landscapes of the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico is apparent in the perplexing array of imagery that includes a small school of fish and a child flattened by a cart. The plain white tower in the background—a favorite iconographic motif of de Chirico—secures the connection between the two artists.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Title Unknown
  • Artist: Yves Tanguy (American (born France), Paris 1900–1955 Woodbury, Connecticut)
  • Date: 1926
  • Medium: Oil on canvas with string and collage
  • Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (92 × 64.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Paintings, Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.456.6
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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