Snuff Box
Pierre-André Montauban (French)
c. 1810–20
Medium
gold-mounted tortoiseshell, agate, enamel
Dimensions
9.5 × 7 × 1.9 cm
Classification
Miscellaneous
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Howard F. Stirn
Accession Number
2009.66
Tags
male
About the Artist
Pierre-André Montauban (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...