Chinese Fair
Beauvais (French)
1723–74
Medium
tapestry weave: silk and wool
Dimensions
308 × 293.1 cm
Classification
Tapestry
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
Accession Number
1944.134
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
malegender unknown
About the Artist
Beauvais (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...