Marcel Jean

French (La Charité-sur-Loire, France, 1900 - 1993, Louveciennes, France)

Le Spectre du Gardenia (The Specter of the Gardenia)

1936/1972
sculpture | wool powder over plaster, zippers, celluloid film, and suede over wood
On view in the museum, second floor
Le Spectre du Gardenia (The Specter of the Gardenia)
13 1/2 in. x 7 in. x 9 in. (34.29 cm x 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm)
Acquired 1985
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan Roos
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
85.101
Keywords

heads, zippers, filmstrips, Surrealism, pedestals


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