Auxerre
(1937)
Medium
collage of photomechanical prints and white gouache on paper, mounted on card and laid onto Masonite panel
Measurements
14.7 × 20.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Estate of Ian and Judith Gardiner, 2025
© 2025 Victor Brauner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The Surrealists embraced the medium of collage, savouring its ability to disorient the viewer through provocative combinations of incongruous imagery. Max Ernst’s inventive collages from the 1920s had privileged chance combinations and irrational or dreamlike qualities and inspired many Surrealist artists and poets to experiment with the medium. Romanian artist Victor Brauner moved to Paris in 1930 and joined the Surrealist group in 1933. He made several collages including Auxerre in which the combination of photographic images of a woman in evening dress and a printing press creates the unsettling effect of a reality that cannot be grasped or explained by reason.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Accession Number
2025.614
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings