Date: 2022
Size: 46.5 x 69 inches
Artist: Toyen
About the Artist: Toyen, was a Czech painter, drafter, and illustrator and a member of the surrealist movement. In 1923, the artist adopted the professional pseudonym Toyen.
From 1919 to 1920, Toyen attended UMPRUM (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design) in Prague. She worked closely with fellow Surrealist poet and artist Jindřich Štyrský until Štyrský's death. They joined the Devětsil group in 1923 and exhibited with the group. In the early 1920s Toyen travelled to Paris, and soon returned there with Štyrský. While living in Paris, the two founded an artistic alternative to Abstraction and Surrealism, which they dubbed Artificialism. They returned to Prague in 1928.
About the Poster: This is a double-sided bus-shelter poster advertising Toyen's "l'écart absolu" exhibition (translates roughly to "the absolute difference" in English) at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris. It is in very good condition (please see photos), & ready to frame.