‘Ibdes in Aragon’, André Masson, 1935 | Tate
Artwork page for ‘Ibdes in Aragon’, André Masson, 1935 Masson made a series of paintings of Spanish landscapes from 1934 to 1936, when he was living in Catalonia, including this one of Ibdes, a village in Aragon. ‘In these completely recognisable landscapes there is always an element of fantasy, either in the sky, or on the ground, or underground’, he wrote. Here, Surrealist double-images are provided by the cocks woven into the landscape and the crocodile formed by the rocks in the background.
Artwork page for 'Ibdes in Aragon', André Masson, 1935 Masson made a series of paintings of Spanish landscapes from 1934 to 1936, when he was living in ...