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Tipology of Surrealist
Objects
The found object (objet trouvé)
The found object is one The found object is one which when seen among which when seen among a large number of other a large number of other
objects posseses an objects posseses an attraction.attraction.
The natural object
This may be a root or This may be a root or a seashell, but the a seashell, but the surrealist always surrealist always preferred stones.preferred stones.
The interpreted found object
This is most frequently an This is most frequently an ornament or a utensil ornament or a utensil
which has been converted which has been converted by sleight of hand into a by sleight of hand into a
bizarre object.bizarre object.
Never (1938), by Óscar Domínguez
An old phonograph,
painted white, with a woman’s legs emerging from the horn.
The interpreted natural object
In this case, a poetic camouflage In this case, a poetic camouflage either entirely conceals the either entirely conceals the characteristics of the root or characteristics of the root or
the stone on which it is based, the stone on which it is based, or on the other hand faithfully or on the other hand faithfully
follows its suggestions.follows its suggestions.
The readymade
This term can be applied only to an This term can be applied only to an industrially mass-produced object industrially mass-produced object
whose function is altered, and whose function is altered, and which is dragged from its context which is dragged from its context of automatic reproduction in the of automatic reproduction in the
most ingenious way possible.most ingenious way possible.
Gift (1921), by Man Ray
A flat-iron with its ironing
surface bristling with
nails.
The assemblage
This is made up of This is made up of natural objects or natural objects or
found objects arranged found objects arranged to form a sculpture.to form a sculpture.
Are You Niniche? (1956), by Max
Ernst
Made by using two
yokes and a printing plate.
The incorporated object
This is an object associated This is an object associated with a painting or a with a painting or a
sculpture in such a way that sculpture in such a way that it cannot be removed it cannot be removed
without depriving the work without depriving the work of its of its raison d’êtreraison d’être..
The Spanish Dancer (1928), by Joan Miró
A hatpin and a feather are fastened to the virgin canvas.
The phantom object
The phantom object is an object which might be The phantom object is an object which might be made, but which is instead merely suggested made, but which is instead merely suggested
by a verbal or graphic description.by a verbal or graphic description.
The phantom object can also be an object which The phantom object can also be an object which does not exist, but whose existence, by some does not exist, but whose existence, by some subterfuge, is made to be felt and its absence subterfuge, is made to be felt and its absence
regretted.regretted.
The invisible object (1934-5), by
Alberto Giacometti
A woman whose hands clutch at empty space,
holding something which does not exist but
to which the sculptor seems to have given volume, although it
cannot be seen.
The dreamt object
It is a humble, familiar It is a humble, familiar object, which by some object, which by some
caprice of desire is given caprice of desire is given a sumptuos appearance.a sumptuos appearance.
Cup, saucer and spoon in fur (1936), by Meret
Oppenheim
The box
This object comprises the This object comprises the arrangement of various arrangement of various
elements brought elements brought together in a box.together in a box.
Taglioni’s Jewel Casket (1940), by
Joseph Cornell
The optical machine
Rotary demi-sphere (1925), by Marcel Duchamp
A glass robe surrounded by a copper disc which bears
an inscription.
The poem-object
This is a kind of relief which This is a kind of relief which incorporates objects in the incorporates objects in the
words of a poetic words of a poetic declaration so as to form a declaration so as to form a
homogeneous whole.homogeneous whole.
Poem-object (1935), by André
Breton
The mobile and mute object
An irritating, disconcerting An irritating, disconcerting object, one element of object, one element of
which moves although the which moves although the necessity for the movement necessity for the movement
is not clearly perceptible.is not clearly perceptible.
The Hour of Traces (1930), by Alberto
Giacometti
A wooden ball with a notch is suspended by a violin string
over a crescent.
The being-object
The Necrophile (1964-5), by Jean
Benoît
Bibliography
Surrealist ArtSurrealist Art (1970), (1970),
by by
Sarane AlexandrianSarane Alexandrian