Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres

© Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres
Ombres Ameres

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Ombres Ameres,

1951

Yves Tanguy, 1900–1955; born Paris, France; died Woodbury, CT; active Paris and New York, NY
x1963-11
The Nazi advance through Europe led many European avant-garde artists, including Yves Tanguy and Max Ernst, to flee to the United States. Their subsequent work often conveys a sense of dislocation or alienation; Ombres amères, for example, translates to “bitter shadows.” While this composition appears to be a landscape, the juxtaposition of vaguely sinister abstract shapes against a background that lacks a horizon fosters spatial and psychological confusion

Information

Title
Ombres Ameres
Dates

1951

Maker
Yves Tanguy
Medium
Gouache on black paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 32.6 cm. (5 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy
Object Number
x1963-11
Signatures
Signed in ink, bottom right: Yves Tanguy 51
Culture
French
Type
gouaches, drawings
Materials
paper (fiber product), gouache
Subject
geometric abstraction, blue, black, shadows

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