Collection Images: Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York

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Marcel Duchamp
Fresh Widow, 1920, edition 1964
National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Deborah and Ed Shein
© Succession Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2015


Jean (Hans) Arp
Shirt Front and Fork, 1922
National Gallery of Art, Washington. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
© 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn


Jean (Hans) Arp
Objects Placed on Three Planes Like Writing, 1928
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. Purchased through the gift of James Junius Goodwin
© 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn


Alberto Giacometti
Woman with Her Throat Cut, 1932, cast 1949
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1949
© 2015 Alberto Giacometti Estate / Licensed by VAGA and ARS, New York, NY


Man Ray
Object to Be Destroyed (Indestructible Object), 1932, edition 1965
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of Samuel M. Greenbaum and Helen Mark families in memory of Helen Mark Greenbaum
© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2015


David Smith
Chain Head, 1933
The Estate of David Smith, New York
© The Estate of David Smith. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


David Smith
Saw Head, 1933
The Estate of David Smith, New York
© The Estate of David Smith. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY


Henry Moore
Two Forms, 1934
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sir Michael Sadler Fund, 1937
Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation


Henry Moore
Stringed Figure No. 1, 1937
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1989
Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation


Salvador Dalí
Lobster Telephone, 1938
West Dean College – part of The Edward James Foundation Group
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2015


Max Ernst
Moonmad, 1944, cast 1956
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
© 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris


Hans Bellmer
The Doll, c. 1934
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
© 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris


Joseph Cornell
Medici Princess, c. 1948–52
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Museum Purchase, 1979
© The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / VAGA, New York


Isamu Noguchi
Lunar Landscape, 1943–44
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
© 2015 The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Salvador Dalí, Venus de Milo with Drawers
Salvador Dalí
Venus de Milo with Drawers, 1936, edition 1964
Mugrabi Collection
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2015