Composition aux pyramides 1938 1114 x 750

Composition aux Pyramides

Max Bucaille (1906-1992)

1938

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COMPOSITION AUX PYRAMIDES

MAX BUCAILLE (1906-1992)

MID-CENTURY SURREALISM, 1938

Collage on Paper

Size: 8 5/16 x 12 3/8 in; 21.1 x 31.4 cm

Signed: 'Max Bucaille' (lower right on the margin) and dated '1938' (lower left on the margin)

Selecting the historical site of one of Western civilizaton's earliest and most impressive technological triumphs, that being construction of the Egyptian Pyramids, the artist here presents several more recent inventions of mankind, including a symbolically-celebratory misplaced water-paddling propulsion device, romantically-airborne and soaring above the Pyramids, juxtaposed with rifles, an older and more threatening instrument of violence.  Mankind's inventive nature is clearly capable of producing both the wonderful and the dangerous.

Provenance
Collection particulière, Vence.
Collection particulière (acquis auprès de celle-ci).

Private Collection, New York City

Creator: Max Bucaille

Creation Year: 1938

Dimensions:8 5/16 x 12 3/8 in

Medium: Collage on Paper

Movement/Style: Classic Surrealism

Period: Early-Mid Century

Condition: Excellent