Damascus Plum
Medium
watercolor
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of A. Donald Gray
Accession Number
1939.280
Tags
male
About the Artist
B. Michel (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...