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My Life, White and Black

Yves Tanguy American, born France
1944
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 965
Interlocking organic shapes of dull and sharp appendages support one another like a monument in Tanguy's characteristic space. Having met the poet André Breton in 1925, Tanguy remained true to the Surrealist movement throughout his work, borrowing shapes and motifs from Jean Arp and Joan Miró.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: My Life, White and Black
  • Artist: Yves Tanguy (American (born France), Paris 1900–1955 Woodbury, Connecticut)
  • Date: 1944
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 36 × 30 in. (91.4 × 76.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
  • Object Number: 1999.363.81
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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