Artists

Yves Tanguy

1900–1955

Born
1900, France
Died
1955, United States of America
Gender
Male
Studio eras
Listed in
  • Moser Appendix (1977)

Atelier 17 group shows 18

  1. 1935
    Le groupe de l’Atelier 17

    Galerie Pierre, Paris, France · until May 25, 1935

    Notes and sources

    Hayter's preface for this exhibition, signed "H.," was located in Swedish translation in the journal Konstrevy (1935) by James Chadwick. It names 22 exhibiting artists and describes the plaster-relief method alongside paper prints.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The preface, signed "H." (Hayter), lists 22 exhibitors and was published in Swedish in Konstrevy (1935). A review in L'Intransigeant (May 26, 1935) singles out Brignoni, Vieillard, Vulliamy and Catherine Yarrow and names Dalí and Ernst as the group's two influences. Konstrevy gives Buckland Wright's first name as "Frank"; linked here to John Buckland-Wright.

    Sources

    Stanley William Hayter, letter to Julian Trevelyan, March 7, [1935], TREJ 16_19, Papers of Julian Otto Trevelyan, Trinity College, Cambridge University. In this letter, Hayter describes the show and lists the potential and confirmed exhibitors.

    H. [S. W. Hayter], "Le groupe de l'atelier 17," Konstrevy 11 (1935): 155–57.

    "Paris Notes," Axis 3 (July 1935): 28.
    https://monoskop.org/images/3/34/Axis_3_Jul_1935.pdf

    "L'Exposition de l'Atelier 17," La Bete Noir, 1 June 1935: 4.
    https://rapportgallica.bnf.fr/recherche?query=%28dc.identifier%20all%20%22bpt6k5569781h%22%29%20and%20%28gallica%20adj%20%22%22EXPOSITION%20DE%20L%27ATELIER%2017%22%22%29&aig=2&mb=5&lang=fr

    La Semaine à Paris, May 17, 1935, 46.

    Marguerite Jouve, "Expositions," L'Intransigeant (Paris), May 26, 1935, 4. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7947577

  2. 1937
    Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936-37)

    Galerie aux Quatre Chemins, Paris, France · March 12 to March 31, 1937

    Notes and sources

    Thank you to Michele Greet for the Beaux-Arts citation.

    Sources

    Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936–37). Invitation. Paris: Quatre Chemins, 1937. Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, TGA 200515/3/2/1/1–2.

    “L’Atelier 17,” Beaux-Arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, April 2, 1937, 6.

  3. 1939
    VIIe Exposition de Gravures et Platres Gravés du Groupe de l’Atelier 17

    Galerie de Beaune, Paris, France · April 21 to May 5, 1939

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sandor Kolos-Vari" in error; the exhibitor was Sigismond Kolos-Vari. Sandor (Alexandre) Kolozsváry was Sigismond's elder brother, also a printmaker, but he did not work at Atelier 17 (confirmed by Julia Cserba, October 2026). "Werner" is listed without a first name; linked here to Werner von Alvensleben.

    Sources

    VIIe Exposition de gravures et plâtres gravés du Groupe de l'Atelier 17. Preface by Lucho Vargas. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galerie de Beaune, 1939.

    Charles Théophile, "Les Expositions: Gravures du Groupe de l'Atelier 17," Marianne, May 3, 1939, 15.

  4. 1939
    Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints

    Guggenheim Jeune, London, United Kingdom · June 8 to June 23, 1939

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sigismond Kolos Vari."

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter's Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints. Preface by Herbert Read. Exhibition catalogue. London: Guggenheim Jeune, 1939.

    Christina Weyl and James Chadwick, "United in Their Craft: The Stylistic Diversity of Atelier 17's Prewar Artists," in Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector; The Story of Guggenheim Jeune, 1938–1939, ed. Gražina Subelytė and Simon Grant (Venice: Marsilio Arte, 2026), 205–21.

  5. 1947
    Atelier 17: New Etchings and Engravings by Members of the Group

    The Leicester Galleries, London, United Kingdom · March 1 to March 31, 1947

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Catalogue of an Exhibition of New Etchings and Engravings by Members of Atelier 17 Group. Introduction by Herbert Read; technical note by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. London: Leicester Galleries, 1947.

  6. 1949
    Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group

    Laurel Gallery, New York, New York · March 14 to April 1, 1949

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Fourteenth Exhibition of Prints by Members of the Atelier 17 Group. Texts by Herbert Read, James Johnson Sweeney, A. Hyatt Mayor, Carl Zigrosser, and Stanley William Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, 1949.

    "Prints by Members of Atelier 17," Art Digest 23 (March 1949): 20.

    [Review of Atelier 17 exhibition at Laurel Gallery], Art News 48 (March 1949).

  7. 1951
    Atelier 17

    Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, New York · September 24 to October 14, 1951

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Atelier 17. Contributions by William Lieberman, Massey Trotter, Una Johnson, Ruthven Todd, and S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1951.

  8. 1952
    St. W. Hayter – Grafisch Werk, Boekillustraties / Atelier 17

    Stedelijk Kunstsalon Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium · May 24 to June 11, 1952

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    St. W. Hayter: Grafisch werk, boekillustraties; Atelier 17. Introduction by John Trouillard. Exhibition catalogue. Antwerp: Stedelijk Kunstsalon, 1952.

  9. 1955
    Kunstnere tilknyttet Atelier 17

    Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway · December 9 to December 31, 1955

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Marc Chagall, Pierre Courtin, Anthony Gross, Joseph Hecht, André Masson, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, and Jacques Villon were listed as "Invités à l'honneur."

    Sources

    Atelier 17: Nasjonalgalleriet, Bergens Billedgalleri, Stavanger Kunstforening. Preface by S. W. Hayter. Exhibition catalogue. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1955.

  10. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17

    Associated American Artists, New York, New York · January 29 to February 17, 1962

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those named in Stuart Preston's New York Times review, which ends its list with "and others."

    Sources

    Stuart Preston, "Art: Prints of Atelier 17," New York Times, February 9, 1962: 22.

  11. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17

    Steinberg Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri · May to June 2, 1962

    Notes and sources

    There were three traveling exhibitions about Atelier 17 that were circulating in the early 1960s: two from the Associated American Artists and one from the American Federation of Arts.

    Research on all three tours is not yet complete.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those named in the American Federation of Arts' 1962–1963 Extension Services catalogue, which lists only some of the exhibiting artists ("among them").

    Sources

    Margaret J. Brink, "Hayter, Atelier 17 Exhibit, Steinberg Hall Prints Viewed," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 19, 1962: 9; At the Galleries," St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 12, 1962: 19; "Hayter and Ateleir 17" in 1962-1963 Extension Services (New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1962).

  12. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17

    Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida · September 7 to September 25, 1962

    Notes and sources

    There were three traveling exhibitions about Atelier 17 that were circulating in the early 1960s: two from the Associated American Artists and one from the American Federation of Arts.

    Research on all three tours is not yet complete.

    About the exhibiting artists

    The artists linked are those named in the American Federation of Arts' 1962–1963 Extension Services catalogue, which lists only some of the exhibiting artists ("among them").

    Sources

    "Hayter's Work Included: Museum Opens Exhibit of Modern Prints Today," The Florida Times-Union, September 7, 1962: 59; "Hayter and Ateleir 17" in 1962-1963 Extension Services (New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1962).

  13. 1962
    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962

    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).

  14. 1963
    S. W. Hayter e l’Atelier 17

    Galleria de’ Foscherari, Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy · May 25 to June 13, 1963

    Notes and sources

    The exhibition in Bologna was organized "con la gentile collaborazione" ("with the kind collaboration") of Galerie du Dragon in Paris. It is not yet known if the show was also on view in Paris before or after its run in Bologna.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter e l'Atelier 17, ed. Andrea Emiliani (Bologna: Galleria de' Foscherari, 1963).

  15. 1967
    S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17

    Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.

    Sources

    S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.

  16. 1977
    Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition

    Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin · October 9 to December 4, 1977

    Traveled to

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Moser, Joann. Atelier 17: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition. Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1977.

  17. 1981
    Atelier 17: 1927 Paris New-York 1950

    Galerie de Seine, Paris, France · October 22 to November 28, 1981

    Notes and sources

    About the exhibiting artists

    Pablo Picasso is included in the checklist (no. 87, "Combat," 1937, burin), but this print is not linked to Atelier 17.

    Sources

    Exhibition brochure, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/112/1.

  18. 1986
    Atelier 17

    Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, New York · October 25 to November 22, 1986

    Notes and sources

    Sources

    Parker, Barbara. Atelier 17. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Mary Ryan Gallery, 1986.

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