Tag: jacques prevert

(anthropomorphic) Figure, 1928

Cadavre Exquis [André Breton, Max Morise, Jeannette Ducrocq Tanguy, Pierre Naville, Benjamin Péret, Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prévert] :: Figure, 1928. Collaborative collage made stacking found printed images of mundane objects (*) in an anthropomorphic figure. | src MoMA
(*) The presence of the umbrella recalls a phrase the Surrealists adopted from the poet Comte de Lautréamont (born Isidore Ducasse) as an ideal description of the principle of juxtaposition: “As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table.” [quoted from source]

Izis · Flower vendors · ca 1950

Israëlis Bidermanas (dit Izis) (1911-1980) :: Flower vendors, Paris, ca. 1950. From: Jacques Prévert et Izis: «Grand Bal du Printemps», 1st. ed., 1951 | src 1stDibs