Georges Hugnet

(French, 1904-1974)

Sur le Chemin du retour, Daisy tombe pour la troisième fois, 1947

collage of halftone prints, mounted to board

8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches.

Property from a Private Collection

Georges Hugnet. Sur le Chemin du retour, Daisy tombe pour la troisième fois [On the way back, Daisy falls for the third time].

Vintage collage composed of halftone elements, 1947.

Size: 9 1/16 x 6 5/8”

Mounted and signed.

Prov: Zabriskie Gallery, New York, 1984; private collection, Switzerland.

Ill: Hugnet, G., Huit Jours a Trébaumec, Paris: Henri Mercher, 1969, p. 20 [this collage]; Zabriskie Gallery, New York & Paris, George Hugnet - Artist, Poet, Critic [184], p. np, but p. 17 [this collage].

Exh: Zabriskie Gallery, Paris, March 1 - April 4, 1984 & Zabriskie Gallery, New York, April 24 - June 1, 1984 [this collage].

Notes: In 1948 created the collages and text for a new book Huit Jours a Trebaumec, using primarily images found in magazines (maquette). The book is a “diary” of a Surrealist vacation. Intentionally creates a coherent illusionistic space but one in which bizarre and impossible events take place. Finally published in 1969.

Provenance:

Zabriskie Gallery, New York, 1984

Sold: Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés, November 17, 2018, lot 22

Private Collection, Switzerland

Exhibited:

Paris, France, Galerie Zabriskie, Georges Hugnet: Artist, Poet, Critic, March 1 - April 4, 1984

New York, New York, Zabriskie Gallery, Georges Hugnet: Artist, Poet, Critic, April 24 - June 1, 1984

Literature:

Georges Hugnet and Henri Mercher, Huit jours à Trébaumec: journal de vacances orné de 82 photographies prises par láuteur en 1947, Paris: Mercher, 1969, n.p., illus.

Pepe Karmel, George Hugnet: Artist, Poet, Critic, New York & Paris: Zabriskie Gallery, 1984, n.p., illus.

Mount: 13 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches.
Unframed.

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