(Untitled)
(1947)
from the Cache-toi, Guerre! (Hide, War!) portfolio 1947
Medium
zincograph
Measurements
25.8 × 35.9 cm (image) 30.5 × 39.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Ruth Margaret Frances Houghton Bequest, 2022
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2022. © Copyright Agency
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
Toyen was an important figure in both Czech and French Surrealism, and the only female member of Devêtsil, the Czech avant-garde group active in the 1920s. She produced paintings, drawings, prints, collages and book designs. Hide, War! is a suite of zincographic prints that reproduces drawings the artist made during the Second World War specifically for publication. It is a powerful statement about war and violence and presents nightmarish visions in desolate landscapes. The images are accompanied by a poem by Jindrich Heisler, a Jewish writer who lived in hiding in Toyen’s apartment during the Nazi occupation of Prague.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Edition
ed. 86/300
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: toyen 44
Accession Number
2022.1300.5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings