Robe du Matin

Yves Tanguy is identified with images such as this one: desolate vistas that stretch toward infinity and are punctuated by amorphous shapes, all rendered with eerie clarity. Such imagined landscapes reflect an interest in dreams and the subconscious that was typical of the Surrealist group, to which he belonged.

In 1939 Tanguy immigrated to the United States to escape the rise of Fascism in Europe. He produced imagery similar to that seen here earlier in his career, but in the aftermath of World War II, the atmosphere of his paintings took on more disquieting connotations.