Showing posts with label Yyves Tanguy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yyves Tanguy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

ABC Wednesday - Y

(January 5,1900-1955)

And it just happens to be his birthday!
Happy Birthday, Yyves Tanguy






I Came Like I Promised (Je suis venu comme j'avais promis, Adieu) 
1926



Outside
 1929

"The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand."  Yves Tanguy


                               The Hand in the Clouds (La Main dans les nuages)
  1927

The Ribbon of Extremes 
1932

"Beloved imagination, what I most like in you is your unsparing quality."
~Andre Breton's Minifesto of Surrealism
(1924)


Sources:

Olga's Gallery

Mental Floss

Yves Tanguy World

Brainyquotes.com 

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