The Doubter
Date
1937
Artist
Yves Tanguy, American, b. Paris, France, 1900–1955
Provenance
Paul Eluard, Paris
Roland Penrose, London, by 1954-23 October 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 October 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
[ROYAL ALBERT MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Exeter] Penrose Collection, before 1968
[MODERNA MUSEET, Stockholm] Penrose Collection, before 1968
TATE GALLERY, London. "Cubist and Surrealist Paintings 1903-1938 (From Collection of Mr. And Mrs. Roland Penrose)," 1954, no. 25.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Yves Tanguy," 6 September-30 October 1955, ill. p. 39.
[GALERIE D'ART, Paris. "Exposition Minotaure," May-June 1962] Penrose Collection
GALLERIA CIVICA D'ARTE MODERNA, Turin, Italy. "Le Muse Inquietanti: Maestri del Surrealismo," November 1967-January 1968, no. 242, ill. p. 180.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," fig. 120 on p. 21, text on p. 20. Tour: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 26 June-7 September; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; VASSAR COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, New York, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York City, 4 April-17 May.
MUSEE D'ART ET D'HISTOIRE, Geneva. "Focus on Minotaure: The Animal-Headed Review," no. 264, ill. p. 133. TOUR: MUSEE RATH, Geneva, 17 October 1987-31 January 1988; MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, 17 March-29 May.
OKLAHOMA CITY ART MUSEUM. "Out of this World: Dali and the Surrealists," 22 January-22 March 1998, no cat.
STAATSGALERIE STUTTGART, Germany. "Yves Tanguy and Surrealism," 9 December 2000-29 April 2001, no. 56, colorpl. p. 91. TOUR: MENIL COLLECTION, Houston, 31 May-16 September.
KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD, Germany. "1937: Perfection & Destruction," 30 September 2007-13 January 2008.
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY. "The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art," 28 May-25 September 2011, color ill. p. 118, p. 330.
Published References
[UNSIGNED. "Le surréalisme autour de monde," Arno reprint, unpaginated, 1968, Minotaure 4/10 (3eme serie 1937), ill. p. 29.
BRETON, ANDRE. Yves Tanguy (New York: Pierre Matisse, 1946), ill. p. 40.
UNSIGNED. "La maison d'un collectionneur fermier," L'Oeil nos. 67-68 (July-August 1960), ill. p. 64.
REVEL, JEAN-FRANCOIS. "Minotaure," L'Oeil no. 89 (May 1962), colorplate p. 73.
UNSIGNED. Yves Tanguy (New York: Pierre Matisse, 1963), no. 202, ill. p. 104
LERNER, ABRAM et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry Abrams, 1974), p. 753, colorplate p. 374.
LYNES, RUSSELL. "From century ago to just yesterday at the Hirshhorn," Smithsonian 5/10 (January 1975), p. 48, colorplate p. 47
ANDERSON, WAYNE. American Sculpture in Process: 1930/1970 (New York: Graphic Society, 1975), p. 47.
LADER, MELVIN P. "Howard Putzel: Proponent of Surrealism and Early Abstract Expressionsim in America," Arts Magazine 56 (March 1982), ill. p. 90.
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School
Surrealism (European)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.287
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
23 3/4 x 32 in. (60 x 81.5 cm)
