Figure of the Nurse
Claude Bertélémy de Blénod (French)
early 1600s
Medium
faience with enamel decoration
Dimensions
23.5 × 11.6 × 11.6 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Accession Number
1971.3
Tags
male
About the Artist
Claude Bertélémy de Blénod (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...