![André Breton, Valentine
Hugo, Greta Knutson, and
Tristan Tzara
Exquisite Corpse
c. 1930
Ink on paper
9-1⁄4 × 12-1⁄4”
Morton G. Neumann
Family Collection
[Fig. 14-01]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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- 2. André Breton, Valentine Hugo, Greta Knutson, and Tristan Tzara Exquisite Corpse c. 1930 Ink on paper 9-1⁄4 × 12-1⁄4” Morton G. Neumann Family Collection [Fig. 14-01]
- 3. Max Ernst Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale 1924 Oil on wood with wood construction 27-1⁄2 × 22-1⁄2 × 4-1⁄2” (The Museum of Modern Art, New York [Fig. 14-05]
- 4. Max Ernst The Horde 1927 Oil on canvas 44-7⁄8 × 57-1⁄2” Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. [Fig. 14-06]
- 6. Joan Miró Carnival of Harlequin 1924–25 Oil on canvas 26 × 36-5⁄8” Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo New York [Fig. 14-10]
- 7. Joan Miró Object 1936 Assemblage: stuffed parrot on wooden perch, stuffed silk stocking with velvet garter and doll’s paper shoe suspended in hollow wooden frame, derby hat, hanging cork ball, celluloid fish, and engraved map 31-7⁄8 × 11-7⁄8 × 10-1⁄4” The Museum of Modern Art, New York [Fig. 14-13]
- 8. Joan Miró The Poetess from the series Constellations December 31, 1940 Gouache and oil wash on paper 15 × 18” Private collection [Fig. 14-14]
- 10. Salvador Dali
- 11. Salvador Dalí Persistance de la mémoire (The Persistence of Memory) 1931 Oil on canvas 9-1⁄2 × 13” The Museum of Modern Art, New York [Fig. 14-19]
- 12. Salvador Dalí Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: Premonitions of Civil War 1936 Oil on canvas 39-1⁄4 × 39” Philadelphia Museum of Art [Fig. 14-21]
- 13. René Magritte The Human Condition 1933 Oil on canvas 39-3⁄8 × 31-7⁄8” National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. [Fig. 14-23]
- 14. Meret Oppenheim Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) (Luncheon in Fur) 1936 Fur-covered cup diameter 4-3⁄8” saucer, diameter 9-3⁄8” spoon, length 8” Overall height 2- 7⁄8” The Museum of Modern Art New York [Fig. 14-29]
- 15. Leonora Carrington Self-Portrait (The White Horse Inn) 1936–37 Oil on canvas 25-1⁄2 × 32-1⁄8” The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York [Fig. 14-33]
- 16. Remedios Varo Creation of the Birds 1957 Oil on Masonite 20 5/8” x 24 5/8” Private Collection
- 17. Alberto Giacometti Femme égorgée (Woman with Her Throat Cut) 1932 (cast 1949) Bronze 8 × 34-1⁄2 × 25” The Museum of Modern Art, New York [Fig. 14-46]
- 18. Alberto Giacometti Objet invisible (Mains Tenant le Vide) (Invisible Object/Hands Holding the Void) 1934 Plaster height 61-1⁄2” Yale University Art Gallery New Haven [Fig. 14-48]
- 19. Eugène Atget Magasin avenue des Gobelins 1925 Albumen-silver print 9-3⁄8 × 7” The Museum of Modern Art, New York [Fig. 14-51]
- 20. André Kertész Distortion No. 4 1933 Gelatin-silver print [Fig. 14-55]
- 22. Romaine Brooks Self-Portrait 1923 Oil on canvas 46-1⁄4 × 26-7⁄8” National Museum of American Art Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-01]
- 23. John Sloan Hairdresser’s Window 1907 Oil on canvas 31-7⁄8 × 26” Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut [Fig. 15-02]
- 24. Jacob A. Riis “Five Cents a Spot” Lodging House, Bayard Street c. 1889 Gelatin-silver print Museum of the City of New York [Fig. 15-05]
- 25. Edward Steichen Balzac The Silhouette—4 a.m. 1908 Gum bichromate print 14-15⁄16 × 18-1⁄8” The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York [Fig. 15-08]
- 26. Max Weber Chinese Restaurant 1915 Oil on canvas 40 × 48” Whitney Museum of American Art New York [Fig. 15-10]
- 27. Arthur G. Dove Goin’ Fishin’ 1925 Assemblage of bamboo, denim shirtsleeve buttons, wood and oil on wood panel 19-1⁄2 × 24” The Phillips Collection Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-14]
- 28. Georgia O’Keeffe Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses 1931 Oil on canvas 35-7⁄8 × 24” The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 15-17]
- 29. Ansel Adams Frozen Lakes and Cliffs The Sierra Nevada Sequoia National Park California 1932 Gelatin-silver print [Fig. 15-20]
- 30. Charles Demuth The Figure 5 in Gold 1928 Oil on composition board 36 × 29-3⁄4” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [Fig. 15-27]
- 31. Charles Sheeler Rolling Power 1939 Oil on canvas 15 × 30” Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA. [Fig. 15-25]
- 32. Charles Demuth Rooftops and Trees 1918 Watercolor and graphite on paper 10 × 14” Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-26]
- 33. Thomas Hart Benton City Building from the mural series America Today 1930 Distemper and egg tempera on gessoed linen with oil glaze 7’ 8” × 9’ 9” Collection the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States [Fig. 15-30]
- 34. Edward Hopper Early Sunday Morning 1930 Oil on canvas 35 × 60” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York [Fig. 15-32]
- 35. Jacob Lawrence The Migration series Panel No. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by Southern African Americans 1940–41 Casein tempera on hardboard 12 × 18” The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-35]
- 36. Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother 1936 Gelatin-silver print Library of Congress Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-39]
- 37. Diego Rivera Flower Day 1925 Oil on canvas 58 × 47-1⁄2” Los Angeles County Museum of Art [Fig. 15-45]
- 38. Top center
- 39. Top sides
- 40. Center bottom
- 41. Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States 1932 Oil on sheet metal 12-1⁄4 × 13-3⁄4” Private collection [Fig. 15-49]
- 42. Stuart Davis Report from Rockport 1940 Oil on canvas 24 × 30” The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York [Fig. 15-54]
- 43. Gaston Lachaise Standing Woman 1912–27 Bronze height 70” Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, NY [Fig. 15-59]
- 44. André Kertész Alexander Calder with his Circus (“Cirque Calder”) 1929 Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-62]
- 45. Alexander Calder Lobster Trap and Fish Tail 1939 Hanging mobile: painted steel wire and sheet aluminum approximately 8’ 6” high × 9’ 6” diameter The Museum of Modern Art New York [Fig. 15-66]
Editor's Notes
- André Breton, Valentine Hugo, Greta Knutson, and Tristan Tzara, Exquisite Corpse, c. 1930. Ink on paper, 9-1⁄4 × 12-1⁄4” (23.5 × 31.1 cm). Morton G. Neumann Family Collection. [Fig. 14-01]
- Max Ernst, Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale, 1924. Oil on wood with wood construction, 27-1⁄2 × 22-1⁄2 × 4-1⁄2” (69.8 × 57.1 × 11.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-05]
- Max Ernst, The Horde, 1927. Oil on canvas, 44-7⁄8 × 57-1⁄2” (114 × 146.1 cm). Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 14-06]
- Max Ernst, Europe after the Rain, 1940–42. Oil on canvas, 21-1⁄2 × 58-1⁄8” (54.6 × 147.6 cm). Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. [Fig. 14-07]
- Joan Miró, Carnival of Harlequin, 1924–25. Oil on canvas, 26 × 36-5⁄8” (66 × 93 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. [Fig. 14-10]
- Joan Miró, Object, 1936. Assemblage: stuffed parrot on wooden perch, stuffed silk stocking with velvet garter and doll’s paper shoe suspended in hollow wooden frame, derby hat, hanging cork ball, celluloid fish, and engraved map, 31-7⁄8 × 11-7⁄8 × 10-1⁄4” (81 × 30.1 × 26 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-13]
- Joan Miró, The Poetess from the series Constellations, December 31, 1940. Gouache and oil wash on paper, 15 × 18” (38.1 × 45.7 cm). Private collection. [Fig. 14-14]
- Yves Tanguy, Maman, Papa est blessé! (Mama, Papa Is Wounded!), 1927. Oil on canvas, 36-1⁄4 × 28-3⁄4” (92.1 × 73 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-17]
- Salvador Dalí, Persistance de la mémoire (The Persistence of Memory), 1931. Oil on canvas, 9-1⁄2 × 13” (24.1 × 33 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-19]
- Salvador Dalí, Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: Premonitions of Civil War, 1936. Oil on canvas, 39-1⁄4 × 39” (100 × 99 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art. [Fig. 14-21]
- René Magritte, The Human Condition, 1933. Oil on canvas, 39-3⁄8 × 31-7⁄8” (100 × 81 cm). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 14-23]
- Meret Oppenheim, Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) (Luncheon in Fur), 1936. Fur-covered cup, diameter 4-3⁄8” (10.9 cm); saucer, diameter 9-3⁄8” (23.7 cm); spoon, length 8” (20.2 cm). Overall height 2-7⁄8” (7.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-29]
- Leonora Carrington, Self-Portrait (The White Horse Inn), 1936–37. Oil on canvas, 25-1⁄2 × 32-1⁄8” (65 × 81.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 14-33]
- Alberto Giacometti, Femme égorgée (Woman with Her Throat Cut), 1932 (cast 1949). Bronze, 8 × 34-1⁄2 × 25” (20.3 × 87.6 × 63.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-46]
- Alberto Giacometti, Objet invisible (Mains Tenant le Vide) (Invisible Object/Hands Holding the Void), 1934. Plaster, height 61-1⁄2” (156.2 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Anonymous gift. [Fig. 14-48]
- Eugène Atget, Magasin, avenue des Gobelins, 1925. Albumen-silver print, 9-3⁄8 × 7” (24 × 18 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 14-51]
- André Kertész, Distortion No. 4, 1933. Gelatin-silver print. [Fig. 14-55]
- Romaine Brooks, Self-Portrait, 1923. Oil on canvas, 46-1⁄4 × 26-7⁄8” (117.5 × 68.3 cm). National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-01]
- John Sloan, Hairdresser’s Window, 1907. Oil on canvas, 31-7⁄8 × 26” (81 × 66 cm). Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. [Fig. 15-02]
- Jacob A. Riis, “Five Cents a Spot” Lodging House, Bayard Street, c. 1889. Gelatin-silver print. Museum of the City of New York. [Fig. 15-05]
- Edward Steichen, Balzac, The Silhouette—4 a.m., 1908. Gum bichromate print, 14-15⁄16 × 18-1⁄8” (37.9 × 46 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 15-08]
- Max Weber, Chinese Restaurant, 1915. Oil on canvas, 40 × 48” (101.6 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. [Fig. 15-10]
- Arthur G. Dove, Goin’ Fishin’, 1925. Assemblage of bamboo, denim shirtsleeve buttons, wood and oil on wood panel, 19-1⁄2 × 24” (49.5 × 61 cm). The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-14]
- Georgia O’Keeffe, Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses, 1931. Oil on canvas, 35-7⁄8 × 24” (91.2 × 61 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Gift of Georgia O’Keeffe, 1947.712. [Fig. 15-17]
- Ansel Adams, Frozen Lakes and Cliffs, The Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, 1932. Gelatin-silver print. [Fig. 15-20]
- Charles Demuth, The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928. Oil on composition board, 36 × 29-3⁄4” (91.4 × 75.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 15-27]
- Charles Sheeler, Rolling Power, 1939. Oil on canvas, 15 × 30” (38.1 × 76.2 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA. [Fig. 15-25]
- Charles Demuth, Rooftops and Trees, 1918. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 10 × 14” (25.4 × 35.6 cm). Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Bequest of George Biddle. [Fig. 15-26]
- Thomas Hart Benton, City Building, from the mural series America Today, 1930. Distemper and egg tempera on gessoed linen with oil glaze, 7’ 8” × 9’ 9” (2.3 × 3 m). Originally in the New School for Social Research, New York. Relocated in 1984. Collection the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Art © T.H. Benton and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/UMB Bank Trustee/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [Fig. 15-30]
- Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning, 1930. Oil on canvas, 35 × 60” (88.9 × 152.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. [Fig. 15-32]
- Jacob Lawrence, The Migration series, Panel No. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by Southern African Americans, 1940–41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 × 18” (30.5 × 45.7 cm). The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-35]
- Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936. Gelatin-silver print. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-39]
- Diego Rivera, Flower Day, 1925. Oil on canvas, 58 × 47-1⁄2” (147.4 × 120.6 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [Fig. 15-45]
- Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932–33. Fresco, north wall. The Detroit Institute of Arts. [Fig. 15-46]
- Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932–33. Fresco, north wall. The Detroit Institute of Arts. [Fig. 15-46]
- Diego Rivera, Detroit Industry, 1932–33. Fresco, north wall. The Detroit Institute of Arts. [Fig. 15-46]
- Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States, 1932. Oil on sheet metal, 12-1⁄4 × 13-3⁄4” (31.1 × 34.9 cm). Private collection. [Fig. 15-49]
- Stuart Davis, Report from Rockport, 1940. Oil on canvas, 24 × 30” (61 × 76.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [Fig. 15-54]
- Gaston Lachaise, Standing Woman, 1912–27. Bronze, height 70” (177.8 cm). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. [Fig. 15-59]
- André Kertész, Alexander Calder with his Circus (“Cirque Calder”), 1929. Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. [Fig. 15-62]
- Alexander Calder, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, 1939. Hanging mobile: painted steel wire and sheet aluminum, approximately 8’ 6” high × 9’ 6” diameter (2.6 × 2.9 m). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [Fig. 15-66]