De mains pâles aux cieux lasses (From Pale Hands to Weary Skies) Artist: Yves Tanguy (American, born France, 1900–1955)

1950

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35 5/8 × 28 1/8 in. (90.5 × 71.4 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Kay Sage Tanguy

Accession Number

1963.43.4

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Bibliography
  • Frauke V. Josenhans et al., Artists in Exile: Expressions of Loss and Hope (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017), 156, fig. 2
  • Jonathan Stuhlman and Stephen Robeson Miller, Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy, exh. cat. (Katonah, N.Y.: Katonah Museum of Art, 2011), 93, no. 39, ill
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Subject

clouds

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