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Armoire surréaliste (Surrealist Wardrobe), Marcel Jean French, Oil on wood panel
Returned to lender
Armoire surréaliste (Surrealist Wardrobe)
Marcel Jean
1941
S.M.S. No. 2, April 1968, Letter Edged in Black Press Inc. American
S.M.S. No. 2, April 1968
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
Returned to lender
Visa sans planète (Visa without a Planet)
Abdel Kader El-Janabi
1983-90
Le cadavre exquis no. 11 (Exquisite Corpse No. 11), Marko Ristić Serbian, Colored pencil and pencil on paper
Returned to lender
Le cadavre exquis no. 11 (Exquisite Corpse No. 11)
Multiple artists/makers
1930
Exquisite corpse (Frida), Frida Kahlo Mexican, Pencil on paper
Returned to lender
Exquisite corpse (Frida)
Frida Kahlo
Lucienne Bloch
ca. 1932
Exquisite corpse (Diego), Frida Kahlo Mexican, Pencil on paper
Returned to lender
Exquisite corpse (Diego)
Frida Kahlo
Lucienne Bloch
ca. 1932
Cadavre exquis (Exquisite Corpse), André Breton French, Colored pencil on black paper
Cadavre exquis (Exquisite Corpse)
André Breton
Valentine Hugo
1932
The Seven Sons of Lautréamont (and his Dutiful Beautiful Daughter), Ted Joans American, Ink on paper with poem
Returned to lender
The Seven Sons of Lautréamont (and his Dutiful Beautiful Daughter)
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
Returned to lender
“Beginselverduistering” (Darkened Principles), spread from De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief) 1, no. 1 (April 1941)
Theo van Baaren
Gertrude Pape
1941
Cover of De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief) 1, no. 6 (September 1941), Theo van Baaren Dutch, Cigarette packets on paper
Returned to lender
Cover of De Schone Zakdoek (The Clean Kerchief) 1, no. 6 (September 1941)
Theo van Baaren
Gertrude Pape
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
Returned to lender
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
Gertrude Pape
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
Returned to lender
Spread from Die Schoone Zakdoek 3, no. 31 / 32 (October-November 1943)
Theo van Baaren
Gertrude Pape
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
Returned to lender
Deux enfants sont menacés par un rossignol (Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale)
Max Ernst
1924
Fantomerne (Phantoms), Rita Kernn-Larsen Danish, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Fantomerne (Phantoms)
Rita Kernn-Larsen
1934
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), Dorothea Tanning American, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)
Dorothea Tanning
1943
Night Flight of Dread and Delight, Skunder Boghossian Ethiopian-Armenian, Oil on canvas with collage
Returned to lender
Night Flight of Dread and Delight
Skunder Boghossian
1964
L'un dans l'autre (The One in the Other), Toyen, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
L'un dans l'autre (The One in the Other)
Toyen
1965
Le rêve de Tobie (The Dream of Tobias), Giorgio de Chirico Italian, born Greece, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Le rêve de Tobie (The Dream of Tobias)
Giorgio de Chirico
1917
Papillons (leaflets) circulated by the Bureau de recherches surréalistes (Bureau of Surrealist Research), Paris, André Breton French, Printed leaflets on multicolored paper
On loan to The Met
Papillons (leaflets) circulated by the Bureau de recherches surréalistes (Bureau of Surrealist Research), Paris
André Breton
1924–1925
Untitled, Dédé Sunbeam, also known as “Hénoque,” 20th century, Ink and collage on paper
Returned to lender
Untitled
Dédé Sunbeam, also known as “Hénoque,” 20th century
1925
Umi (The Sea), Koga Harue Japanese, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Umi (The Sea)
Koga Harue
1929
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), René Magritte Belgian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte
1938
Yobi-goe (The Call), Okanoue Toshiko Japanese, Half-tone print collage
Returned to lender
Yobi-goe (The Call)
Okanoue Toshiko
1954
Ultracorpo in Svizzera (Body Snatcher in Switzerland), Enrico Baj Italian, Oil, collage, and padding on found canvas
Returned to lender
Ultracorpo in Svizzera (Body Snatcher in Switzerland)
Enrico Baj
1959
On loan to The Met

Nemogucé/L’Impossible

1930
Yifeng, series 3, no. 10, Journal
Returned to lender
Yifeng, series 3, no. 10
1935
Catalogue for the "Exposición surrealista", Tenerife, Catalogue
On loan to The Met
Catalogue for the "Exposición surrealista", Tenerife
1935
Album surréaliste, Catalogue
On loan to The Met
Album surréaliste
1937
Mandrágora (Poesía, Filosofía, Pintura, Ciencia, Documentos), no. 6, Journal
On loan to The Met
Mandrágora (Poesía, Filosofía, Pintura, Ciencia, Documentos), no. 6
1941
Catalogue for "Princip slasti: Surrealismus," Brno, Prague, and Bratislava, Catalogue
On loan to The Met
Catalogue for "Princip slasti: Surrealismus," Brno, Prague, and Bratislava
1968
Srdce inkognito (Incognito Heart), Ladislav Zivr Czech, Leather, textile, wood, wire, netting, metal, and cellophane
Returned to lender
Srdce inkognito (Incognito Heart)
Ladislav Zivr
1936
Angel of Anarchy, Eileen Agar British, born Argentina, Plaster, fabric, bark cloth, nautilus, cowrie and mussel shells, beads, diamante stones, Bird of Paradise and ostrich feathers, horsehair, and dog skull
Returned to lender
Angel of Anarchy
Eileen Agar
1936–40
Téléphone-homard (Lobster Telephone), Salvador Dalí Spanish, Steel, plaster, rubber, resin, and and paper
Returned to lender
Téléphone-homard (Lobster Telephone)
Salvador Dalí
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
Returned to lender
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
1953
Untitled (Objet méchant) (Nasty Object), Joyce Mansour Egyptian-French, Metal
Returned to lender
Untitled (Objet méchant) (Nasty Object)
Joyce Mansour
1965–69
Finial from a Slit Gong (Atingting Kon), Wood, paint, Ambrym Island
Finial from a Slit Gong (Atingting Kon)
Ambrym Island
early to mid-20th century
"Variétés: revue mensuelle illustrée de I’esprit contemporain," special Surrealist number, Journal
On loan to The Met
"Variétés: revue mensuelle illustrée de I’esprit contemporain," special Surrealist number
1929
Untitled, Ramses Younan Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Untitled
Ramses Younan
1939
Nus (Nudes), Samir Rafi‘ Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Nus (Nudes)
Samir Rafi‘
1945
Naissance (Birth), Laurent Marcel Salinas French, Oil on board
Returned to lender
Naissance (Birth)
Laurent Marcel Salinas
1944
Untitled (Anatomical Corpse), Amy Nimr Egyptian, Gouache and ink on paper
Returned to lender
Untitled (Anatomical Corpse)
Amy Nimr
1940
La jeune fille et le montre (The Young Girl and the Monster), Inji Efflatoun Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
La jeune fille et le montre (The Young Girl and the Monster)
Inji Efflatoun
1942
Autoportrait (Self-Portrait [Double Exposure in a Rock Pool]), Claude Cahun French, Gelatin silver print
Returned to lender
Autoportrait (Self-Portrait [Double Exposure in a Rock Pool])
Claude Cahun
1928
Cage, Alberto Giacometti Swiss, Wood
Returned to lender
Cage
Alberto Giacometti
1930–1931
La Poupée, Hans Bellmer German, born Poland, Gelatin silver print
La Poupée
Hans Bellmer
1933–36
Bachelor Cruising South, Lionel Wendt Sri Lankan, Gelatin silver print
Bachelor Cruising South
Lionel Wendt
ca. 1934–37
Scylla, Ithell Colquhoun British, Oil on board
Returned to lender
Scylla
Ithell Colquhoun
1938
La langosta azul (The Blue Lobster), Cecilia Porras Colombian, Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, black-and-white, silent
On loan to The Met
La langosta azul (The Blue Lobster)
Cecilia Porras
Enrique Grau
1954
From the series "Paseo a La Boquilla", Cecilia Porras Colombian, Gelatin silver print
From the series "Paseo a La Boquilla"
Cecilia Porras
Enrique Grau
1958
From the series "Untitled", Cecilia Porras Colombian, Gelatin silver print
From the series "Untitled"
Cecilia Porras
Enrique Grau
1958
Tropiques, no.2, Journal
On loan to The Met
Tropiques, no.2
1941
Returned to lender
Retorno al país natal
Aimé Césaire
Wifredo Lam
1942
At Land, Maya Deren American, born Ukraine, Single-channel digital video, transferred from 16mm film, black-and-white, silent
On loan to The Met
At Land
Maya Deren
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
Returned to lender
Le présent éternel (Hommage à Alejandro García Caturla) (The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), also known as The Eternal Presence
Wifredo Lam
1944
Ogou Feray, also known as Ogoun Ferraille, Hector Hyppolite Haitian, Oil on Masonite
Returned to lender
Ogou Feray, also known as Ogoun Ferraille
Hector Hyppolite
ca. 1945
The Guide (Éclaireur), Hervé Télémaque Haitian, Oil on canvas
The Guide (Éclaireur)
Hervé Télémaque
1962
Los blasones mágicos del vuelo tropical (The Magical Blazons of Tropical Flight), Eugenio Granell Spanish, Oil on linen
Returned to lender
Los blasones mágicos del vuelo tropical (The Magical Blazons of Tropical Flight)
Eugenio Granell
1947
Ni hablar del peluquín (No Use to Talk about the Little Wig . . . ), Cossette Zeno, Oil on canvas board
Returned to lender
Ni hablar del peluquín (No Use to Talk about the Little Wig . . . )
Cossette Zeno
1952
El vuelo nocturno del pájaro Pi (The Pi Bird's Night Flight), Eugenio Granell Spanish, Tempera on cardboard
Returned to lender
El vuelo nocturno del pájaro Pi (The Pi Bird's Night Flight)
Eugenio Granell
1952
Pas de deux (Amanecer) (Pas de Deux [Dawn]), Luis Maisonet Crespo Puerto Rican, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Pas de deux (Amanecer) (Pas de Deux [Dawn])
Luis Maisonet Crespo
1953
Délire végétal (Vegetal Delirium), André Masson French, Ink on paper
Returned to lender
Délire végétal (Vegetal Delirium)
André Masson
1926
Untitled (Collage-Drawing), César Moro Peruvian, Collage
Returned to lender
Untitled (Collage-Drawing)
César Moro
1927
Shūeki kairi zu (kenkon) (Diagram of I Ching Divination [Heaven and Earth]), Kitawaki Noboru Japanese, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Shūeki kairi zu (kenkon) (Diagram of I Ching Divination [Heaven and Earth])
Kitawaki Noboru
1941
A Circus Rider's Dream, Yayoi Kusama Japanese, Gouache on paper
Returned to lender
A Circus Rider's Dream
Yayoi Kusama
1955
Central Park, Pierre Alechinsky Belgian, Acrylic on canvas surrounded by ink drawings and notations on paper
Returned to lender
Central Park
Pierre Alechinsky
1965
Untitled, Unica Zürn German, Ink and gouache on paper
Returned to lender
Untitled
Unica Zürn
1966
Le messager (The Messenger), Wolfgang Paalen Austrian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Le messager (The Messenger)
Wolfgang Paalen
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
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
Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, Mexico, D.F.
1943
Occultação (Occultation), Fernando de Azevedo Portuguese, India ink on printed image
Returned to lender
Occultação (Occultation)
Fernando de Azevedo
1950–1951
Jucambe, Agustín Cárdenas Cuban, Burnt oak and metal
Jucambe
Agustín Cárdenas
1958
Prelude to a Civilization, Victor Brauner Romanian, Encaustic and ink on Masonite
Prelude to a Civilization
Victor Brauner
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
Returned to lender

"...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
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
On loan to The Met
Documentation of North American travels
Multiple artists/makers
1942-1944
Alegoría del trabajo (Allegory of Work), Maria Izquierdo Mexican, Watercolor and tempera on paper
Returned to lender
Alegoría del trabajo (Allegory of Work)
Maria Izquierdo
1936
Chiki, ton pays (Chiki, Your Country), Leonora Carrington Mexican, born England, Oil, tempera and ink on canvas
Returned to lender
Chiki, ton pays (Chiki, Your Country)
Leonora Carrington
1944
Los días de la calle Gabino Barreda (The Days of Gabino Barreda Street), Gunther Gerzso Mexican, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Los días de la calle Gabino Barreda (The Days of Gabino Barreda Street)
Gunther Gerzso
1944
La balada para Frida Kahlo (The Ballad for Frida Kahlo), Alice Rahon French, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
La balada para Frida Kahlo (The Ballad for Frida Kahlo)
Alice Rahon
1955–1956
Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering the Earth's Mantle), Remedios Varo Spanish, Oil on Masonite
Returned to lender
Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering the Earth's Mantle)
Remedios Varo
1961
Zadržano bekstvo nadstvarnosti (The Arrested Flight of Surreality), Nikola Vučo Serbian, Gelatin silver print
Returned to lender
Zadržano bekstvo nadstvarnosti (The Arrested Flight of Surreality)
Nikola Vučo
1929
Inhyŏng ŭi kkum I (A Doll’s Dream I), Jung Haechang Korean, Gelatin silver print
Returned to lender
Inhyŏng ŭi kkum I (A Doll’s Dream I)
Jung Haechang
1929-1941
Père Ubu, Dora Maar French, Gelatin silver print
Père Ubu
Dora Maar
1936
L’étreinte (The Embrace), Idabel, Vintage bromide print
Returned to lender
L’étreinte (The Embrace)
Multiple artists/makers
1940
Intimidade dos Armazéns do Chiado (Intimacy of the Chiado Warehouses), Fernando Lemos Portuguese, Gelatin silver print
Returned to lender
Intimidade dos Armazéns do Chiado (Intimacy of the Chiado Warehouses)
Fernando Lemos
1949–1952
El Botellón (The Water Bottle)
Kati Horna
1962
What is mau mau what is surrealism, Ted Joans American, Pencil drawing in sketchbook
Returned to lender
What is mau mau what is surrealism
Ted Joans
1956
Bird Lives!, Ted Joans American, Oil on canvas mounted on board
Returned to lender
Bird Lives!
Ted Joans
1958
The Hipsters, Ted Joans American, Book
On loan to The Met
The Hipsters
Ted Joans
1961
Outograph, Ted Joans American, Found photograph
Returned to lender
Outograph
Ted Joans
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])
Returned to lender
Long Distance
Ted Joans
1976–2005
Revolutionary Consciousness: A Rebel Worker Pamphlet, Franklin Rosemont American, Pamphlet
On loan to The Met
Revolutionary Consciousness: A Rebel Worker Pamphlet
Franklin Rosemont
1966
Surrealist Insurrection no. 1 (January 22, 1968), Franklin Rosemont American, Journal
On loan to The Met
Surrealist Insurrection no. 1 (January 22, 1968)
Franklin Rosemont
1968
Protest, Paper
On loan to The Met
Protest
ca. 1969
Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion, no. 1, Franklin Rosemont American, Journal
On loan to The Met
Arsenal: Surrealist Subversion, no. 1
Franklin Rosemont
1970
Radical America, "Surrealism in the Service of Revolution", Franklin Rosemont American, Journal
On loan to The Met
Radical America, "Surrealism in the Service of Revolution"
Franklin Rosemont
1970
World Surrealist Exhibition poster, Franklin Rosemont American, Poster
On loan to The Met
World Surrealist Exhibition poster
Franklin Rosemont
1976
Coups de bâtons (Baton Blows), Mayo French-Egyptian, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Coups de bâtons (Baton Blows)
Mayo
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
Returned to lender
Construction molle avec des haricots bouillis (Premonition de la guerre civile) (Soft Construction with Boiled Bean [Premonition of Civil War])
Salvador Dalí
1936
Mai 68 (May 68), Joan Miró Spanish, Acrylic and oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Mai 68 (May 68)
Joan Miró
1968-73
Pangongyohan (Anti-Communist Female Souls), Byon Yeongwon Korean, Oil on canvas
Returned to lender
Pangongyohan (Anti-Communist Female Souls)
Byon Yeongwon
1952
Untitled, Malangatana Ngwenya Mozambican, Oil on hardboard
Returned to lender
Untitled
Malangatana Ngwenya
1967
Kinjuu-ki bangai: Masuku dori (Birds and Beasts Chronicle, an Extra Edition: Mask Bird), Ikeda Tatsuo Japanese, Pen, conté and watercolor on paper
Returned to lender
Kinjuu-ki bangai: Masuku dori (Birds and Beasts Chronicle, an Extra Edition: Mask Bird)
Ikeda Tatsuo
1958