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Description
Schematic figure with a long, monoxyle beard made of wood with black, red and yellow polychrome. Sculpted in Arizona during the first half of the 20th century.
André Breton and his young wife Elisa travelled to Arizona in August 1945. This immersion into the magical environment of the Hopi, their attributes, rites and dances led to: a strong fascination for Kachina or Katchina ceremonial dolls, which he always placed together; a handwritten notebook on Indian Reservations; and an (unfinished) project of a book dedicated to Major Primitive Art of North America in collaboration with Max Ernst, Robert Lebel and Claude Lévi-Strauss for the Jeanne Bucher publishing house. [André Breton's website, 2014]
Exhibitions.
– The Henri Martin Museum of Cahors La Maison de verre, André
Breton, initiateur découvreur, 20th Septembre - 29th December 2014
Bibliography.
- Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin, La Maison de verre André Breton
initiateur découvreur, Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 2014, rep. p. 101
Bibliography
- Musée de Cahors Henri-Martin, La Maison de verre André Breton initiateur découvreur, Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 2014, rep. p. 100
| Creation date | première moitié du XXe siècle |
| Languages | French |
| Physical description | Bois, polychromie blanche, noire et verte, plumes, fibres naturelles |
| From / Provenance | sl |
| Place of origin | |
| Reference | 4602000 |
| Keywords | Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Arizona, organic items, Ceremonial Art |
| Categories | Native Americans, Etnographical Art, Hopi and Zuni |
| Exhibition | André Breton, The House Of Glass |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100723540 |