Other answers
1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 40.7 × 33.1 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Woodbury, Connecticut, United States
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- John William Fawcett Bequest, 2025
- Gallery location
- Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Kay Sage studied art in Rome before moving to Paris in 1937. There she formed a relationship with the Surrealist painter Yves Tanguy. In 1939 Sage and Tanguy moved to New York, and the couple were married in August 1940. Most of Sage’s paintings were created between 1940 and Tanguy’s death in 1955, after which she suffered from failing eyesight, severely restricting her practice. During these years she held numerous solo exhibitions, becoming known for her atmospheric and moody compositions that were devoid of human subjects, focusing instead on enigmatic architectural and landscape forms. Other answers is one of only two paintings that Sage created in 1945, a difficult period when she was caring for her critically ill mother, who passed away in December of that year.