About this artwork
Collages were an important area of Surrealist activity. Hugnet began making collages in the 1930s and continued until the 1960s. Little is known about this suite of forty-two collages, but it is believed that they were intended for publication with an accompanying text. The pictures are taken from various sources, such as travel guides, postcards, film and fashion magazines, and nineteenth-century illustrations. However, photographs from pornographic magazines take pride of place, with the overall theme being fulfilment of male voyeuristic sexual fantasies. The collages follow a loose narrative framework, with most of the scenes set in and around historical buildings. This image is the first page, and a colour double page spread; the rest of the portfolio is black and white.
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artist:Georges Hugnet (1906 - 1974) French
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title:Untitled collages
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date created:1960
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materials:Forty-two collages mounted on white paper lined in pencil
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measurements:32.50 x 49.00 cm (sheet size)
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
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accession number:GMA A42/2/GKL0458
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Georges Hugnet
Georges Hugnet
Poet, critic and book-lover Georges Hugnet spent his childhood in Argentina, moving to France in 1913. He was involved in the surrealist movement from 1933 to 1938, taking part in activities such as poetry, making collages and creating book covers for the Surrealists. Hugnet used the automatic...