Object number2023.15
Ce que toute jeune fille doit savoir
Date1936
Artist
Georges Hugnet
(American, 1906-1974)
CultureFrench
MediumCollage of cut printed paper on textured paper
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (32.4 x 24.4 cm)
Framed: 20 3/4 x 16 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (52.7 x 42.2 x 3.2 cm)
Framed: 20 3/4 x 16 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (52.7 x 42.2 x 3.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn recto, by unidentified hand, upper right corner in pencil: 73
ProvenanceZabriskie Gallery, New York; Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman, purchased 1984; Phillips, New York, Photographs, April 4, 2023, lot 285Exhibition HistoryGeorges Hugnet: Artist, Poet, Critic, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, March 1 - April 14, 1984, and Zabriskie Gallery, New York, April 24 - June 1, 1984
DescriptionCollaged elements of text and body parts throughout, with a red can in the lower right and two red cubes in the upper half. Within the can and cubes are various female body parts, including a face, breast, and chest. Outside the cubes is a cutout of a line of women posing together in rompers sticking their left legs out slightly. Text from top to bottom is as follows: CE QUE TOUTE / JEUNE FILLE / DOIT SAVOIR; 1. / 2. / 3. / 4. / 5.; une figure d'enfant étrange; dont les mains ne cassent plus; NI OMBRES / NI CERCLES / sur l'érable; LINGE DUR / SUR MANNEQUINS VIVANTS; Pressantes caresses; chat-tigre; d'équinoxe.
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