Surrealism at large is here on view, with works by Ernst, Tanguy, and Brauner. Motherwell signals the evolution towards the New York avant-garde of the 1940s, which was strongly influenced by Surrealism. The paintings by Dubuffet and Bacon were acquired by Peggy Guggenheim after she moved to Venice.

 

Francis Bacon
Study for Chimpanzee,
March 1957
Victor Brauner
The Surrealist,
January 1947
Jean Dubuffet
Fleshy Face with Chestnut Hair,
August 1951
Max Ernst
Zoomorphic Couple,
1933
Alberto Giacometti
Model for a Square,
1931-32
Andrè Masson
Armor,
January-April 1925
Robert Motherwell
Personage (Autoportrait),
December 9, 1943
Yves Tanguy
Promontory Palace,
1931
     
Yves Tanguy
In an Indeterminate Place,
March 1941
     
       
Victor Brauner
Consciousness of Shock,
April 1951
Max Ernst
The Postman Cheval,
1932
Max Ernst
Garden Airplane Trap,
1935-36
credits: Hangar Design Group