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Yves Tanguy — La lumière de l’ombre |《陰影之光》
Yves Tanguy

La lumière de l’ombre |《陰影之光》

1939

A surrealist oil painting from 1939 exploring the interplay between light and shadow through abstracted forms. Tanguy's dreamlike composition creates an ambiguous space between figuration and abstraction.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Modern Renaissance: A Cross-Category Sale

March 25, 2021

Estimate: $1,800,000$2,500,000

Lot 107

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Yves Tanguy, La lumière de l’ombre |《陰影之光》, 1939

A surrealist oil painting from 1939 exploring the interplay between light and shadow through abstracted forms. Tanguy's dreamlike composition creates an ambiguous space between figuration and abstraction.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
1939
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Surrealism, 1939, Canvas, Modernism, Oil Painting, Yves Tanguy, Light and Shadow, Dream, Abstract, 1930s

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