Hugnet, Georges. (1906-1974). MOUTARDIER and CENDRIER - 2 Drawings, 1946.
Georges Hugnet, French poet, artist, and critic, was born in Paris in 1906. A man of many talents, Hugnet dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits, including poetry, editing, publishing, translating, film and play writing, acting, rare book collecting, and bookbinding. Hugnet was a friend of many influential artists of the early 20th century, such as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau. With financial backing from his father, a furniture manufacturer, Hugnet established the publishing company Les Editions de la Montagne with the intent of publishing his own works and the work of his close friends including Tristan Tzara, Pierre de Massot, and Gertrude Stein.
In the 1930s Hugnet became involved with the Surrealist movement. André Breton, the self-declared "Pope" of the Surrealist movement, became interested in Hugnet after reading an article titled "Spirit of Dada in Painting" that Hugnet had written. When a mutual friend of both men, Tristan Tzara, introduced them, Hugnet became one of the Surrealists. He continued contributing to the Surrealist movement until 1939 when Breton "excommunicated" Hugnet for his failure to cease his friendship with former surrealist Paul Éluard.
Hugnet's artistic work included photocollage, drawings, and book design.
Two original 1946 collage drawings, of a mustard pot and an ashtray, by the noted graphic artist, poet and critic associated with the Dada and Surrealist movements. Moutardier (mustard pot), executed in ink and real mustard on paper, is initialed and dated "G. H. 46" at the lower right. Cendrier (ashtray), drawn in ink on paper with a collage of cigarette ashes, cigarette butts and matches, is initialed and dated "G. H. 1946" at the foot. The drawings were shown in the 1978 exhibition Pérégrinations de Georges Hugnet at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. 11.5 x 8.25 inches (29 x 21 cm) and 8 x 11 inches (20.5 x 27.5 cm).
Georges Hugnet, French poet, artist, and critic, was born in Paris in 1906. A man of many talents, Hugnet dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits, including poetry, editing, publishing, translating, film and play writing, acting, rare book collecting, and bookbinding. Hugnet was a friend of many influential artists of the early 20th century, such as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau. With financial backing from his father, a furniture manufacturer, Hugnet established the publishing company Les Editions de la Montagne with the intent of publishing his own works and the work of his close friends including Tristan Tzara, Pierre de Massot, and Gertrude Stein.
In the 1930s Hugnet became involved with the Surrealist movement. André Breton, the self-declared "Pope" of the Surrealist movement, became interested in Hugnet after reading an article titled "Spirit of Dada in Painting" that Hugnet had written. When a mutual friend of both men, Tristan Tzara, introduced them, Hugnet became one of the Surrealists. He continued contributing to the Surrealist movement until 1939 when Breton "excommunicated" Hugnet for his failure to cease his friendship with former surrealist Paul Éluard.
Hugnet's artistic work included photocollage, drawings, and book design.
Hugnet, Georges. (1906-1974). MOUTARDIER and CENDRIER - 2 Drawings, 1946.
Georges Hugnet, French poet, artist, and critic, was born in Paris in 1906. A man of many talents, Hugnet dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits, including poetry, editing, publishing, translating, film and play writing, acting, rare book collecting, and bookbinding. Hugnet was a friend of many influential artists of the early 20th century, such as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau. With financial backing from his father, a furniture manufacturer, Hugnet established the publishing company Les Editions de la Montagne with the intent of publishing his own works and the work of his close friends including Tristan Tzara, Pierre de Massot, and Gertrude Stein.
In the 1930s Hugnet became involved with the Surrealist movement. André Breton, the self-declared "Pope" of the Surrealist movement, became interested in Hugnet after reading an article titled "Spirit of Dada in Painting" that Hugnet had written. When a mutual friend of both men, Tristan Tzara, introduced them, Hugnet became one of the Surrealists. He continued contributing to the Surrealist movement until 1939 when Breton "excommunicated" Hugnet for his failure to cease his friendship with former surrealist Paul Éluard.
Hugnet's artistic work included photocollage, drawings, and book design.
Two original 1946 collage drawings, of a mustard pot and an ashtray, by the noted graphic artist, poet and critic associated with the Dada and Surrealist movements. Moutardier (mustard pot), executed in ink and real mustard on paper, is initialed and dated "G. H. 46" at the lower right. Cendrier (ashtray), drawn in ink on paper with a collage of cigarette ashes, cigarette butts and matches, is initialed and dated "G. H. 1946" at the foot. The drawings were shown in the 1978 exhibition Pérégrinations de Georges Hugnet at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. 11.5 x 8.25 inches (29 x 21 cm) and 8 x 11 inches (20.5 x 27.5 cm).
Georges Hugnet, French poet, artist, and critic, was born in Paris in 1906. A man of many talents, Hugnet dabbled in a variety of artistic pursuits, including poetry, editing, publishing, translating, film and play writing, acting, rare book collecting, and bookbinding. Hugnet was a friend of many influential artists of the early 20th century, such as Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Tristan Tzara, Man Ray, and Jean Cocteau. With financial backing from his father, a furniture manufacturer, Hugnet established the publishing company Les Editions de la Montagne with the intent of publishing his own works and the work of his close friends including Tristan Tzara, Pierre de Massot, and Gertrude Stein.
In the 1930s Hugnet became involved with the Surrealist movement. André Breton, the self-declared "Pope" of the Surrealist movement, became interested in Hugnet after reading an article titled "Spirit of Dada in Painting" that Hugnet had written. When a mutual friend of both men, Tristan Tzara, introduced them, Hugnet became one of the Surrealists. He continued contributing to the Surrealist movement until 1939 when Breton "excommunicated" Hugnet for his failure to cease his friendship with former surrealist Paul Éluard.
Hugnet's artistic work included photocollage, drawings, and book design.