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Yves Tanguy

My Life, White and Black

1944

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 3/4 × 29 7/8 in. (90.8 × 75.9 cm)
Collection no.
1999.363.81
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

My Life, White and Black — Yves Tanguy. 1944.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 35 3/4 × 29 7/8 in. (90.8 × 75.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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