Portrait of a Man
1780s
Medium
watercolor on ivory in a gold and hair frame
Dimensions
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Classification
Portrait Miniature
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade Jr., G. G. Wade and Mrs. E. B. Greene
Accession Number
1926.228
Tags
About the Artist
Hornong (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...