Accession Number
35561
Medium
Pen and black ink, with white gouache, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
41.5 × 29.6 cm (16 3/8 × 11 11/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
The Art Institute of Chicago
Background & Context
Background Story
Yves Tanguy's Two Mechanical Figures shows two forms that suggest mechanical or robotic figures in Tanguy's characteristic barren landscape. His work explores the boundary between the organic and the mechanical.
Cultural Impact
Tanguy's mechanical figures suggest a world of strange automata.
Why It Matters
These two mechanical figures inhabit Tanguy's characteristic dream landscape.
