id:			161722
accession number:	2000.8
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.8
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:40.841000

Plein Ciel, 1947. Yves Tanguy (French, 1900–1955). Etching and aquatint; sheet: 33.4 x 25.3 cm (13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); platemark: 17.3 x 12.5 cm (6 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Robert P. Bergman 2000.8 © Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Plein Ciel
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creation date:			1947
creation date earliest:		1947
creation date latest:		1947
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Robert P. Bergman
copyright:			© Estate of Yves Tanguy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Wittrock 12; only 2-3 known impressions

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CREATORS

* Yves Tanguy (French, 1900–1955)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 33.4 x 25.3 cm (13 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Platemark: 17.3 x 12.5 cm (6 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
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	description:	Laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed in graphite; inscribed with the title, Les Étrangers, possibly by Kay Sage (Tanguy's Widow)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		Cutting Edge: Modern Prints from Atelier 17
	opening date:   2017-04-09T04:00:00
	<i>Cutting Edge: Modern Prints from Atelier 17</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-August 13, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Influenced by the writings of psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, the Surrealists wanted to expand awareness beyond conscious, rational thought to the subconscious realm of ideas, perceptions, and creative impulses. To gain access to the subconscious, they used dream imagery and free-association techniques, including automatic drawing (letting the hand draw without conscious direction). Artists like Tanguy and Kurt Seligmann, who fled Nazi-occupied Europe, brought Surrealism to New York, Tanguy's work reveals the domain of the imagination through visionary, dreamlike imagery. Mysterious forms, often related to bones or sexual organs, float in a ambiguously vast and otherworldly expanse. These fantastic stone and bonelike biomorphic forms (based on shapes found in nature) were inspired by the curious cliff formations he saw during a trip to Africa in 1930-31, and by the prehistoric dolmens and menhirs (monumental stone sculptures) of Brittany, where he spent many vacations.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” March 17, 2000, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Published as: <em>The Foreigners </em>or<em> Open Sky.</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4321

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