Yves Tanguy

French · 1900–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

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Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself)Bonhams · Nov 2025$1,778,700≈ £1,355,510≈ €1,535,613Sign up to see
Titre inconnuKetterer Kunst · Dec 2013€305,000≈ $416,661≈ £254,916Sign up to see
Ohne TitelKornfeld · Jun 2018CHF 22,000≈ $22,275≈ £16,650≈ €18,990Sign up to see

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French painter (1900–1955)

Born 1900, 8th arrondissement of ParisDied 1955, WoodburyOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q164720 ↗ULAN 500025688 ↗Museum works 8

surrealism

Also known as Q164720, Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Yves Tanguy, Untitled — **Untitled**1940
Pierre Matisse Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pierre Matisse Gallery

Yves Tanguy, Promontory Palace — **Promontory Palace**1931
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Yves Tanguy, The Sun in Its Jewel Case — **The Sun in Its Jewel Case**1937
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Yves Tanguy, There, Motion Has Not Yet Ceased — **There, Motion Has Not Yet Ceased**1945
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Yves Tanguy, Mama, Papa Is Wounded! — **Mama, Papa Is Wounded!**1927
Museum of Modern Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Modern Art

Yves Tanguy, Multiplication of the Arcs — **Multiplication of the Arcs**1954
Museum of Modern Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Modern Art

Yves Tanguy, Still and Always — **Still and Always**1942
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Yves Tanguy

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