Exhibition

Surrealism Beyond Borders

October 11, 2021–January 30, 2022
Previously on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
Free with Museum admission
Armoire surréaliste (Surrealist Wardrobe), Marcel Jean  French, Oil on wood panel
Marcel Jean (French, La Charité-sur-Loire 1900–1993 Louveciennes)
1941
S.M.S. No. 2, April 1968, Letter Edged in Black Press Inc.  American
Published by Letter Edged in Black Press Inc.
April 1968
Visa sans planète (Visa without a Planet), Abdel Kader El-Janabi  Iraqi, Pencil, ink, and cut-and-pasted photographs and papers on a printed passport with box by Ann Ethuin
Abdel Kader El-Janabi (Iraqi, born Baghdad, 1944)
1983-90
Le cadavre exquis no. 11 (Exquisite Corpse No. 11), Marko Ristić  Serbian, Colored pencil and pencil on paper
Multiple artists/makers
1930
Exquisite corpse (Frida), Frida Kahlo  Mexican, Pencil on paper
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, Coyoacán, Mexico City 1907–1954 Coyoacán, Mexico City)
Lucienne Bloch (Geneva 1909–1999 Gualala, California)
ca. 1932
Exquisite corpse (Diego), Frida Kahlo  Mexican, Pencil on paper
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, Coyoacán, Mexico City 1907–1954 Coyoacán, Mexico City)
Lucienne Bloch (Geneva 1909–1999 Gualala, California)
ca. 1932
Cadavre exquis (Exquisite Corpse), André Breton  French, Colored pencil on paper
André Breton (French, Tinchebray 1896–1966 Paris)
Valentine Hugo (French, Boulogne-sur-Mer 1887–1968 Paris)
1932
The Seven Sons of Lautréamont (and his Dutiful Beautiful Daughter), Ted Joans  American, Ink on paper with poem
Multiple artists/makers
1970-1979
“Beginselverduistering” (Darkened Principles), spread from De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief) 1, no. 1 (April 1941), Theo van Baaren  Dutch, Black paper and ink on paper
Theo van Baaren (Dutch, Utrecht, Netherlands 1912–1987 Groningen, Netherlands)
Gertrude Pape (Dutch, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1907–1988 Groningen, Netherlands)
1941
Cover of De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief) 1, no. 6 (September 1941), Theo van Baaren  Dutch, Cigarette packets on paper
Theo van Baaren (Dutch, Utrecht, Netherlands 1912–1987 Groningen, Netherlands)
Gertrude Pape (Dutch, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1907–1988 Groningen, Netherlands)
1941
Spread with photographs of lost objects by Emiel van Moerkerken and Chris van Geel from De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief ) 1, no. 8/9 (November–December 1941), Theo van Baaren  Dutch, Gelatin silver prints and ink on paper
Theo van Baaren (Dutch, Utrecht, Netherlands 1912–1987 Groningen, Netherlands)
Gertrude Pape (Dutch, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1907–1988 Groningen, Netherlands)
1941–1941
Spread from Die Schoone Zakdoek 3, no. 31 / 32 (October-November 1943), Theo van Baaren  Dutch, Silver gelatin prints and ink on paper
Theo van Baaren (Dutch, Utrecht, Netherlands 1912–1987 Groningen, Netherlands)
Gertrude Pape (Dutch, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1907–1988 Groningen, Netherlands)
1943
Deux enfants sont menacés par un rossignol (Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale), Max Ernst  French, born Germany, Oil with painted wood elements and cut-and-pasted printed paper on wood with wood frame
Max Ernst (French (born Germany), Brühl 1891–1976 Paris)
1924
Fantomerne (Phantoms), Rita Kernn-Larsen  Danish, Oil on canvas
Rita Kernn-Larsen (Danish, Hillerød 1904–1998 Copenhagen)
1934
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), Dorothea Tanning  American, Oil on canvas
Dorothea Tanning (American, Galesburg, Illinois 1910–2012 New York)
1943
Night Flight of Dread and Delight, Skunder Boghossian  Ethiopian-Armenian, Oil on canvas with collage
Skunder Boghossian (Addis Ababa 1937–2003 Washington, D.C)
1964
L'un dans l'autre (The One in the Other), Toyen, Oil on canvas
Toyen (Prague 1902–1980 Paris)
1965
Le rêve de Tobie (The Dream of Tobias), Giorgio de Chirico  Italian, born Greece, Oil on canvas
Giorgio de Chirico (Italian (born Greece), Vólos 1888–1978 Rome)
1917
Papillons (leaflets) circulated by the Bureau de recherches surréalistes (Bureau of Surrealist Research), Paris, André Breton  French, Printed leaflets on multicolored paper
André Breton (French, Tinchebray 1896–1966 Paris)
1924–1925
Untitled, Dédé Sunbeam, also known as “Hénoque,” 20th century, Ink and collage on paper
Dédé Sunbeam, also known as “Hénoque,” 20th century
1925
Umi (The Sea), Koga Harue  Japanese, Oil on canvas
Koga Harue (Japanese, Kurume 1895–1933 Tokyo)
1929
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), René Magritte  Belgian, Oil on canvas
René Magritte (Belgian, Lessines 1898–1967 Brussels)
1938
Yobi-goe (The Call), Okanoue Toshiko  Japanese, Half-tone print collage
Okanoue Toshiko (Japanese, born Kōchi, 1928)
1954
Ultracorpo in Svizzera (Body Snatcher in Switzerland), Enrico Baj  Italian, Oil, collage, and padding on found canvas
Enrico Baj (Italian, Milan 1924–2003 Vergiate, Italy)
1959
1930
Yifeng, series 3, no. 10, Journal
1935
Catalogue for the "Exposición surrealista", Tenerife, Catalogue
1935
Album surréaliste, Catalogue
1937
Mandrágora (Poesía, Filosofía, Pintura, Ciencia, Documentos), no. 6, Journal
1941
Catalogue for "Princip slasti: Surrealismus," Brno, Prague, and Bratislava, Catalogue
1968
Srdce inkognito (Incognito Heart), Ladislav Zivr  Czech, Leather, textile, wood, wire, netting, metal, and cellophane
Ladislav Zivr (Czech, Nová Paka 1909–1980 Ždírec u Staré Paky)
1936
Angel of Anarchy, Eileen Agar  British, Plaster, fabric, bark cloth, nautilus, cowrie and mussel shells, beads, diamante stones, Bird of Paradise and ostrich feathers, horsehair, and dog skull
Eileen Agar (British, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1899–1991 London, England)
1936–40
Téléphone-homard (Lobster Telephone), Salvador Dalí  Spanish, Steel, plaster, rubber, resin, and and paper
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, Figueres 1904–1989 Figueres)
1938
O seu olhar já não se dirige para a terra, mas tem os pés assentes nela (No Longer Looking at the Earth, but Keeping Feet Firmly on the Ground), Artur Cruzeiro Seixas  Portuguese, Pacaca (buffalo) hoof, papier mache, gouache, wood, and seashell
Artur Cruzeiro Seixas (Portuguese, Amadora 1920–2020 Lisbon)
1953
Untitled (Objet méchant) (Nasty Object), Joyce Mansour  Egyptian-French, Metal
Joyce Mansour (Egyptian-French, Bowden, U.K. 1928–1986 Paris)
1965–69
Finial from a Slit Gong (Atingting Kon), Wood, paint, Ambrym Island
Ambrym Island
early to mid-20th century
"Variétés: revue mensuelle illustrée de I’esprit contemporain," special Surrealist number, Journal
1929
Untitled, Ramses Younan  Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Ramses Younan (Egyptian, Minya 1913–1966 Cairo)
1939
Nus (Nudes), Samir Rafi‘  Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Samir Rafi‘ (Egyptian, Cairo 1926–2004 Paris)
1945
Naissance (Birth), Laurent Marcel Salinas  French, Oil on board
Laurent Marcel Salinas (French, Alexandria, Egypt 1913–2010 Saint Louis, Missouri)
1944
Untitled (Anatomical Corpse), Amy Nimr  Egyptian, Gouache and ink on paper
Amy Nimr (Egyptian, Cairo 1898 [1907]–1974 Paris)
1940
La jeune fille et le montre (The Young Girl and the Monster), Inji Efflatoun  Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Inji Efflatoun (Egyptian, Cairo 1924–1989 Cairo)
1942
Autoportrait (Self-Portrait [Double Exposure in a Rock Pool]), Claude Cahun  French, Gelatin silver print
Claude Cahun (French, Nantes 1894–1954 Saint Helier, Jersey)
1928
Cage, Alberto Giacometti  Swiss, Wood
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, Borgonovo 1901–1966 Chur)
1930–1931
La Poupée, Hans Bellmer  German, born Poland, Gelatin silver print
Hans Bellmer (German (born Poland), Katowice 1902–1975 Paris)
1933–36
Bachelor Cruising South, Lionel Wendt  Sri Lankan, Gelatin silver print
Lionel Wendt (Sri Lankan, Colombo 1900–1944 Colombo)
ca. 1934–37
Scylla, Ithell Colquhoun  British, Oil on board
Ithell Colquhoun (British, Shillong, India 1906–1988 Lamorna, United Kingdom)
1938
La langosta azul (The Blue Lobster), Cecilia Porras  Colombian, Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, black-and-white, silent
Cecilia Porras (Colombian, Cartagena 1920–1971 Cartagena)
Enrique Grau (Colombian, Panama City 1920–2004 Bogotá)
1954
From the series "Paseo a La Boquilla", Cecilia Porras  Colombian, Gelatin silver print
Cecilia Porras (Colombian, Cartagena 1920–1971 Cartagena)
Enrique Grau (Colombian, Panama City 1920–2004 Bogotá)
1958
From the series "Untitled", Cecilia Porras  Colombian, Gelatin silver print
Cecilia Porras (Colombian, Cartagena 1920–1971 Cartagena)
Enrique Grau (Colombian, Panama City 1920–2004 Bogotá)
1958
Tropiques, no.2, Journal
1941
Aimé Césaire (Martinican, Basse Pointe 1913–2008 Fort-de-France)
Wifredo Lam (Cuban, Sagua La Grande 1902–1982 Paris)
1942
At Land, Maya Deren  American, born Ukraine, Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, black-and-white, silent
Maya Deren (American (born Ukraine) Kiev 1917–1961 New York)
1944
Le présent éternel (Hommage à Alejandro García Caturla) (The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), also known as The Eternal Presence, Wifredo Lam  Cuban, Oil and pastel over papier-mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric
Wifredo Lam (Cuban, Sagua La Grande 1902–1982 Paris)
1944
Ogou Feray, also known as Ogoun Ferraille, Hector Hyppolite  Haitian, Oil on Masonite
Hector Hyppolite (Haitian, Saint-Marc 1894–1948 Port-au-Prince)
ca. 1945
The Guide (Éclaireur), Hervé Télémaque  Haitian, Oil on canvas
Hervé Télémaque (Haitian, Port-au-Prince 1937–2022 Paris)
1962
Los blasones mágicos del vuelo tropical (The Magical Blazons of Tropical Flight), Eugenio Granell  Spanish, Oil on linen
Eugenio Granell (Spanish, A Coruña 1912–2001 Madrid)
1947
Ni hablar del peluquín (No Use to Talk about the Little Wig . . . ), Cossette Zeno, Oil on canvas board
Cossette Zeno (Puerto Rican, born Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1930)
1952
El vuelo nocturno del pájaro Pi (The Pi Bird's Night Flight), Eugenio Granell  Spanish, Tempera on cardboard
Eugenio Granell (Spanish, A Coruña 1912–2001 Madrid)
1952
Pas de deux (Amanecer) (Pas de Deux [Dawn]), Luis Maisonet Crespo  Puerto Rican, Oil on canvas
Luis Maisonet Crespo (Puerto Rican, Hatillo 1925–2019 San Juan)
1953
Délire végétal (Vegetal Delirium), André Masson  French, Ink on paper
André Masson (French, Balagny 1896–1987 Paris)
1926
Untitled (Collage-Drawing), César Moro  Peruvian, Collage
César Moro (Peruvian, Lima 1903–1956 Lima)
1927
Utak (Roads), Lajos Vajda  Hungarian, Charcoal on paper
Lajos Vajda (Hungarian, Zalaegerszeg 1908–1941 Budakeszi)
1940
Shūeki kairi zu (kenkon) (Diagram of I Ching Divination [Heaven and Earth]), Kitawaki Noboru  Japanese, Oil on canvas
Kitawaki Noboru (Japanese, Nagoya 1901–1951 Kyoto)
1941
A Circus Rider's Dream, Yayoi Kusama  Japanese, Gouache on paper
Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, born Matsumoto, 1929)
1955
Central Park, Pierre Alechinsky  Belgian, Acrylic on canvas surrounded by ink drawings and notations on paper
Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, born Brussels, 1927)
1965
Untitled, Unica Zürn  German, Ink and gouache on paper
Unica Zürn (German, Berlin 1916–1970 Paris)
1966
Le messager (The Messenger), Wolfgang Paalen  Austrian, Oil on canvas
Wolfgang Paalen (Austrian, Vienna 1905–1959 Taxco, Mexico)
1941
Portfolio: 'Popol-Vuh' containing ten colour lithographs together with a four-page title and explanatory text in English and Spanish, housed in a stiff orange cover, Carlos Mérida  Mexican
Carlos Mérida (Guatemalan, Guatemala City 1891–1984 Mexico City)
Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico, D.F.
1943
Occultação (Occultation), Fernando de Azevedo  Portuguese, India ink on printed image
Fernando de Azevedo (Portuguese, Vila Nova de Gaia 1923–2002 Lisbon)
1950–1951
Jucambe, Agustín Cárdenas  Cuban, Wood, paint and metal
Agustín Cárdenas (Cuban, Matanzas 1927–2001 Havana)
1958
Prelude to a Civilization, Victor Brauner  Romanian, Encaustic and ink on Masonite
Victor Brauner (Romanian, Piatra Neamt 1903–1966 Paris)
1954
"...quand s’ouvrit la porte de cette grande 'maison de communauté' (Gilford Island, British Columbia)" (...when the door of this great “community house” opened...[Gilford Island, British Columbia]), 1939, reproduced in Dyn (Mexico City), no. 3 
, Eva Sulzer  Swiss, Journal
Eva Sulzer (Swiss, Winterthur 1902–1990 Mexico City)
1942
Documentation of North American travels, Wolfgang Paalen  Austrian, Single-channel digital video transferred from 8mm film, U-matic, and DV, black-and-white, silent
Multiple artists/makers
1942-1944
Alegoría del trabajo (Allegory of Work), Maria Izquierdo  Mexican, Watercolor and tempera on paper
Maria Izquierdo (Mexican, San Juan de los Lagos 1902–1955 Mexico City)
1936
Chiki, ton pays (Chiki, Your Country), Leonora Carrington  Mexican, born England, Oil, tempera and ink on canvas
Leonora Carrington (Mexican (born England), Clayton Green, Lancashire 1917–2011 Mexico City)
1944
Los días de la calle Gabino Barreda (The Days of Gabino Barreda Street), Gunther Gerzso  Mexican, Oil on canvas
Gunther Gerzso (Mexican, Mexico City 1915–2000 Mexico City)
1944
La balada para Frida Kahlo (The Ballad for Frida Kahlo), Alice Rahon  French, Oil on canvas
Alice Rahon (French, Chenecey-Buillon 1904–1987 Mexico City)
1955–1956
Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering the Earth's Mantle), Remedios Varo  Spanish, Oil on Masonite
Remedios Varo (Spanish, Anglès 1908–1963 Mexico City)
1961
Zadržano bekstvo nadstvarnosti (The Arrested Flight of Surreality), Nikola Vučo  Serbian, Gelatin silver print
Nikola Vučo (Serbian, 1902–1993)
1929
Inhyŏng ŭi kkum I (A Doll’s Dream I), Jung Haechang  Korean, Gelatin silver print
Jung Haechang (Korean, Seoul 1907–1968 Seoul)
1929-1941
Père Ubu, Dora Maar  French, Gelatin silver print
Dora Maar (French, Paris 1907–1997 Paris)
1936
L’étreinte (The Embrace), Idabel, Vintage bromide print
Multiple artists/makers
1940
Intimidade dos Armazéns do Chiado (Intimacy of the Chiado Warehouses), Fernando Lemos  Portuguese, Gelatin silver print
Fernando Lemos (Portuguese, Lisbon 1926–2019 São Paolo)
1949–1952
Kati Horna (Mexican (born Hungary), Szilasbalhás 1912–2000 Mexico City)
1962
What is mau mau what is surrealism, Ted Joans  American, Pencil drawing in sketchbook
Ted Joans (American, Cairo, Illinois 1928–2003 Vancouver)
1956
Bird Lives!, Ted Joans  American, Oil on canvas mounted on board
Ted Joans (American, Cairo, Illinois 1928–2003 Vancouver)
1958
The Hipsters, Ted Joans  American, Book
Ted Joans (American, Cairo, Illinois 1928–2003 Vancouver)
1961
Outograph, Ted Joans  American, Found photograph
Ted Joans (American, Cairo, Illinois 1928–2003 Vancouver)
1973
Long Distance, Ted Joans  American, Ink and collage on perforated computer paper (exhibited with "Skins” of Long Distance [paper and plastic bags and envelopes with printed papers, string, and ink])
Ted Joans (American, Cairo, Illinois 1928–2003 Vancouver)
1976–2005
Revolutionary Consciousness: A Rebel Worker Pamphlet, Franklin Rosemont  American, Pamphlet
Franklin Rosemont (American, Chicago 1943–2009 Chicago)
1966
Surrealist Insurrection no. 1 (January 22, 1968), Franklin Rosemont  American, Journal
Franklin Rosemont (American, Chicago 1943–2009 Chicago)
1968
Protest, Paper
ca. 1969
Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion, no. 1, Franklin Rosemont  American, Journal
Franklin Rosemont (American, Chicago 1943–2009 Chicago)
1970
Radical America, "Surrealism in the Service of Revolution", Franklin Rosemont  American, Journal
Franklin Rosemont (American, Chicago 1943–2009 Chicago)
1970
World Surrealist Exhibition poster, Franklin Rosemont  American, Poster
Franklin Rosemont (American, Chicago 1943–2009 Chicago)
1976
Coups de bâtons (Baton Blows), Mayo  French-Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Mayo (French-Egyptian, Port Said, Egypt 1905–1990 Seine-Port, France)
1937
Construction molle avec des haricots bouillis (Premonition de la guerre civile) (Soft Construction with Boiled Bean [Premonition of Civil War]), Salvador Dalí  Spanish, Oil on canvas
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, Figueres 1904–1989 Figueres)
1936
Mai 68 (May 68), Joan Miró  Spanish, Acrylic and oil on canvas
Joan Miró (Spanish, Barcelona 1893–1983 Palma de Mallorca)
1968-73
Pangongyohan (Anti-Communist Female Souls), Byon Yeongwon  Korean, Oil on canvas
Byon Yeongwon (Korean, Seoul 1921–1988 Seoul)
1952
Untitled, Malangatana Ngwenya  Mozambican, Oil on hardboard
Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambican, Matalana 1936–2011 Matosinhos)
1967
Kinjuu-ki bangai: Masuku dori (Birds and Beasts Chronicle, an Extra Edition: Mask Bird), Ikeda Tatsuo  Japanese, Pen, conté and watercolor on paper
Ikeda Tatsuo (Japanese, Imari 1928–2020 Tokyo)
1958