Collage original surréaliste - "L'Oiseau pleure"

Original collage by Georges Hugnet, signed in white ink “G. H. 1961”. Matted and under a wooden frame without glass. A tiny marginal tear.

An irreverent, whimsical photo-collage by the Surrealist artist and writer Georges Hugnet. Throughout his diverse œuvre, collage represented an enduring passion for Hugnet, placing him as among the leading innovators in the medium in the 20th century.

Hugnet also remained renowned for his analysis of collage, writing numerous articles on the works of Max Ernst and Miró in particular, and even inspired Oscar Domínguez to create a kind of relief collage, “Pérégrinations de Georges Hugnet”. This technique would accompany him well beyond his adventure within the Surrealist movement: the present work dating from 1961 belongs to his second major period of collage creation, notably marked by the publication of his eponymous book 1961 illustrated with four photomontages. The Surrealist poet’s final book caricatured a Michelin guide through more than eighty photo-collages in the same spirit of avant-garde provocation (Huit jours à Trébaumec, 1969).