The lithograph "Le Mécanicien" draws the viewer into a dreamlike, surreal world in which human figures and mechanical apparatuses combine in an enigmatic way. In a fine, draughtsmanly line, Marcel Jean depicts two closely seated, nude-like figures connected by a flowing band to a fantastical mechanism of cogwheels and pulleys. The organic and the mechanical merge into a poetic emblem — entirely in the spirit of Surrealism.The hand-signed lithograph combines fine linear art with the enigmatic and the unconscious.
About the Artist Marcel Jean
A fabric-covered woman's head with zipper eyes — with the "Spectre du Gardénia" (1936) Marcel Jean (1900–1993) created one of the icons of Surrealist object art. The French artist and writer was a significant figure of Surrealism, his output spanning painting, drawing, collage and, above all, the objects so characteristic of the movement. Jean belonged to the Paris Surrealist circle and took part in landmark exhibitions such as "Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As a theorist, his "Histoire de la peinture surréaliste" remains one of the most important comprehensive accounts of Surrealist painting. His work unites poetic invention with a fine instinct for the enigmatic and the unconscious.
Curated works
More works related to this artist and medium.
Gerhard Altenbourg
Unstätes Drängen, 1973
Print · 49.1 × 31.7 cm
420 €
Johannes Hepp
Above me, an ocean of clouds - inside me, light (Über mir ein Wolkenmeer, in mir – hell), 2019
Sculpture · 80 × 30 × 30 cm
3.000 €
Hermann Reimer
Cherub, 2020
Painting · 130 × 100 cm
8.700 €
Johannes Hepp
Wing Object – Woman in Blue, 2023
Sculpture · 40 × 22 × 25 cm
3.000 €
