Georges Hugnet

a unique object, collage of half-tone photographic reproductions, circa 1936

Wife of photographer Jean Moral

Christian Bouqueret, Paris, 1999

This surreal collage is made entirely of reprographic elements and it is in generally excellent condition. Hugnet meticulously cut and fanned out 5 images of serpentine arms, and affixed them at the center of a canal street scene taken from a magazine or book. On the reverse of the collage is a reproduction of a portrait entitled 'Une Jolie Lady' by the Manassé Studio, active in Vienna during the 1920s and 1930s.
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