La Unidad del Multiple

Alan Glass|Leonora Carrington

2003–5 · Drypoint, watercolor and collage · Drawings and Prints

Glass encountered Surrealism while training in Paris, the movement’s epicenter, during the 1950s. La Unidad del Multiple, which Glass produced in Mexico, his longtime residence, reflects the Surrealists’ predilection for intimate, compact objects meant to be handled. The dreamlike watercolor-on-ivory drawing contained within the cover of the handmade box is typical of Glass’s style, as is the imagery on the drypoint prints that the box houses. The single collage in the portfolio is an amalgam of everyday objects, including a miniature spoon and fragments of a doily, which together compose a fantastic scene. Accompanying the portfolio is a poem written by fellow Mexico-based Surrealist artist and author Leonora Carrington.

Artist

Alan Glass|Leonora Carrington

Date

2003–5

Medium

Drypoint, watercolor and collage

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of the artist, 2009