Georges Hugnet

French (Paris, France, 1906 - 1974, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, France)

Initiation préliminaire aux arcanes de la forêt (First Initiation to the Secrets of the Forest)

1936
photograph | photocollage
Not currently on view in the museum
Initiation préliminaire aux arcanes de la forêt (First Initiation to the ...
7 3/4 in. x 10 1/8 in. (19.69 cm x 25.72 cm)
Acquired 1981
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan Roos
© Georges Hugnet / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
81.187
Keywords

women, men, acrobatics, nudes, Surrealism, secret societies, hoods, leaves, flowers, industrial, factories, upside down


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