Danse de Saint-Guy (Tabac-Rat)
1919 / 1949
Danse de Saint-Guy (Tabac-Rat)
1919 / 1949
Danse de Saint-Guy [St Vitus' Dance] marks the apogee of Dada subversion: a "transparent" painting, without canvas or paint, reduced to the absurdity of a frame with string and labels, to no more than its packaging and description. Clumsily fastened to the string or cord stretched across the frame are pieces of card bearing whimsical inscriptions. The work was intended not to be hung on the wall but suspended from the ceiling, as a mobile, and at one point Picabia planned to mount behind it a little wheel driven by two white mice. In sending this work to the Salon des artistes indépendants of 1922, the artist was signalling, as radically as possible, a fundamental challenge to established convention.
Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Assemblage |
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Techniques | Ficelles, encre sur carton, assemblés dans un cadre |
Dimensions | 104,4 x 84,7 cm |
Acquisition | Achat, 1988 |
Inventory no. | AM 1988-40 |
On display:
Detailed description
Artist |
Francis Picabia (Francis Martinez de Picabia, dit)
(1879, France - 1953, France) |
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Main title | Danse de Saint-Guy (Tabac-Rat) |
Former title given by the artist | Danse de Saint Guy |
Creation date | 1919 / 1949 |
Place of production | Détériorée, "Danse de Saint Guy" a été modifiée par l'artiste entre 1946 et 1949 pour sa présentation, et est exposée sous le nouveau titre "Tabac-Rat"(datée de 1920) à la Galerie René Drouin en mars 1949. La date de l'oeuvre est donc [1919-1920/1946-1949]. |
Domain | Oeuvre en 3 dimensions | Assemblage |
Techniques | Ficelles, encre sur carton, assemblés dans un cadre |
Dimensions | 104,4 x 84,7 cm |
Inscriptions | T.S. : [sur les étiquettes accrochées par des ficelles dans l'oeuvre] DANSE de SAINT GUY // TABAC - RAT // FRANCIS PICABIA |
Acquisition | Achat, 1988 |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
Inventory no. | AM 1988-40 |