Le Lion de bas étage
Jules Platier (French)
c. 1840s
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of George W. Bierce
Accession Number
1942.988
Tags
male
About the Artist
Jules Platier (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...