Name/Title
Antillean CoupleEntry/Object ID
1997.0003.0004Description
Agustín Cárdenas, a Cuban-born sculptor, moved to Paris in 1955 and became active in the Surrealist movement. The elongated and abstracted figures in Antillean Couple demonstrate Surrealist characteristics but also reflect the African influences often found in Cárdenas’s art.
The work bears the name of Antillia, the supposedly lost Caribbean island that, according to 15th-century nautical maps, was frequented by European explorers. This piece, along with a number of Cárdenas’s other works, shows the artist did not lose sight of his Caribbean origins during his stay in Europe.Dimensions
Dimension Description
SizeHeight
48 inWidth
180 inDepth
36 in