Cover for a Chocolate Pot
Sixte-Simon Rion (French)
c. 1830
Medium
silver, wooden handle
Dimensions
13.7 × 9.6 cm
Classification
Silver
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift in memory of Margaret Quayle Kerruish
Accession Number
1934.304.b
Tags
male
About the Artist
Sixte-Simon Rion (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...