Long Shawl with Botehs, Black Center, and Lobed Arcades
Medium
supplemental weft pattern; silk?
Dimensions
360.7 × 157.4 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Arlene C. Cooper
Accession Number
2010.145
Tags
male
About the Artist
Emile Frederic Herbert (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...