Untitled

Untitled

Marcel Jean

1935

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a strange, upside-down figure with a long neck and arms reaching up. The body is twisted like a knot, with a clock dangling from the middle. One arm holds a feather or a long strand of hair, and the whole scene looks like a sketch made with quick, dark lines. The artist signed it in 1935, and the words below might be French for something like "repair in the desert." The clock and the tangled pose feel dreamlike, almost like a puzzle. If you like this weird, inventive style, look up Marcel Jean.

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