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Equivocal Colors

Artist Yves Tanguy (French ; 1900-1955)
Copy Right Holder Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Copy Right Holder The Estate of the Artist
Date1943
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
frame: 21 5/8 × 17 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (54.9 × 44.8 × 4.4 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PAINTING
Credit LineGift of the Lynes Family Collection
Terms
  • abstract
  • Surrealism
Object number99.5
DescriptionA surrealist composition painted in portrait format.
Collections
Inscribedl.r.:Yves Tanguy 4[2 or 3]; label on verso:ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES, Inc./18 East 79th Street/New York, N.Y. 10021/ Exhibition "YVES TANGUY"/November 7th - December 7th, 1974/Exhibition #27, Equivocal Colors/1943
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Not on view
Provenance(Pierre Matisse Gallery); to George Platt Lynes; to Lynes Family; to present collection (1999)
Exhibitions
Exhibition History"Yves Tanguy." New York, NY: Acquavella Galleries, November 7-December 7, 1974. (#27).

"Inventing the 20th Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, June 4, 1997- June 1999, extended through June 11, 2000. (rotating works, installed Nov. 1999)

"Down the Rabbit Hole: Artists and Writers in Wonderland.". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, July 1, 2000-February 4, 2001.

"Celebrating 75 Years: Masterpieces from the Collection". Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, February 3, 2001-continuing. (rotating works).